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by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)
Translation © by Isabelle Cecchini
The kiss, dear maid, thy lip has left
Language: English
Available translation(s): FRE
The kiss, dear maid, thy lip has left, Shall never part from mine, Till happier hours restore the gift Untainted back to thine. Thy parting glance, which fondly beams, An equal love, may see; [That]1 tear that from thine eyelid streams Can weep no change in me. I ask no pledge to make me blest In gazing when alone; Nor one memorial for a breast Whose thoughts are all thine own. Nor need I write - to tell the tale My pen were doubly weak: Oh! What can idle words avail, Unless the heart could speak? By day or night, in weal or woe, [That]2 heart, no longer free, Must bear the love it cannot show, And silent ache for thee.
L. Beethoven sets stanzas 1-3, 5
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Beethoven: "The"
2 Beethoven: "This"
Authorship
- by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824), "On parting", written 1811, appears in Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, first published 1812 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by William Aspull , "The kiss dear maid", published 1820? [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Salvatore Auteri-Manzocchi (1845 - 1924), "The kiss, dear maid", published 1883 [tenor and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by John G. Barnett (1802 - 1890), "The kiss, dear maid", published 1877 [mezzo-soprano and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by John Beale , "The kiss, dear maid", published 1817 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Herbert Bedford (1867 - 1945), "On parting", published <<1929 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "The kiss, dear maid, thy lip has left", WoO. 153 (20 Irische Lieder mit Begleitung von Pianoforte, Violine und Violoncello) no. 9, G. 224 no. 9, published 1814/6, stanzas 1-3,5 [voice, piano, violin, violoncello] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Henry Rowley Bishop (1785 - 1855), "Canzonett", 182-? [medium voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by J. Chadwick , "The kiss, dear maid", published 1841 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Ernest Ford , "On parting", published 1897 [high voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Rosa Guerini née Wilberforce , "The kiss", published 1878 [tenor and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Emil Kreuz (1867 - 1932), "On parting", published 1891 [tenor or soprano and piano], from 4 songs [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by (Wilhelm) Bernhard Molique (1802 - 1869), "On parting", published 1866 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Frederick R. Moseley , "The kiss, dear maid", published 1904 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Alfred Frederick Mullen , "The kiss, dear maid", published 1854 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Isaac Nathan (1790 - 1864), "The kiss, dear maid", published 1815 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by John Parry (1776 - 1851), "The parting pledge", published 1818-21 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Mary Southcote , "The kiss, dear maid", published 1815? [high voice and piano], from Six Songs & Duetts [sic] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Madame Colonel [sic] Target , "The kiss, dear maid", published 1821 [voice and harp or piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by John Bianchi Taylor , "The kiss, dear maid", published 1818, copyright © 1818 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Wilbraham John Tollemache , "On parting", published 1889 [baritone and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by R. Manners Williams , "The kiss, dear maid, thy lip has left", published 1877 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Thomas Williams , "The kiss, dear maid", published 1817? [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Venceslao Hugo Zavertal , "On parting", published 1883 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), a translation by Nicolaas Beets (1814 - 1903) , "Afscheid" FRE FRE GER ; composed by Lodewijk Mortelmans.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist DUT GER ; composed by A. M. C. Patti.
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- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist DUT FRE FRE GER ; composed by A. M. C. Patti.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Isabelle Cecchini) , "Le baiser, chère enfant, que ta lèvre a laissé", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Alexis Paulin Pâris) , "Le départ"
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Georg Pertz) , "Der Scheidekuß von deinem Mund"
Researcher for this text: Ferdinando Albeggiani
Text added to the website: 2005-01-12 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:11
Line count: 20
Word count: 121
Le baiser, chère enfant, que ta lèvre a laissé
Language: French (Français) after the English
Le baiser, chère enfant, que ta lèvre a laissé De ma bouche jamais ne sera séparé. Je rendrai inchangé le présent merveilleux Quand nous nous reverrons en des jours plus heureux. Ton regard langoureux, plonge-le dans le mien, Sache que mon amour est comparable au tien. Les larmes douloureuses qui coulent de tes yeux Ne pourront affaiblir mes élans amoureux. Aucun gage d'amour je n'exige de toi Pour me réconforter et soutenir ma foi. Je ne pense qu'à toi et je n'ai nul besoin D'une tendre promesse pour affermir nos liens. De nuit comme de jour, dans les ris et les pleurs, Prisonnier de l'amour, je cache ma douleur.
Authorship
- Translation from English to French (Français) copyright © 2003 by Isabelle Cecchini, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in English by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824), "On parting", written 1811, appears in Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, first published 1812
Text added to the website: 2005-01-18 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:12
Line count: 15
Word count: 110