by William Smyth (1765 - 1849)
Farewell, farewell, thou noisy town
Language: English
Our translations: ITA
Farewell, farewell, thou noisy town, Thou scene of restless glare; Thine hours no real pleasures crown, No peace, no love is there. How dull thy splendid ev'nings close! How sad thy joys to me! Thy hollow smiles, thy rival shows, And all thy misery. But welcome to my longing eyes, Dear objects ever new, My rural cot, you varying skies, Streams, woods, amd mountains blue! With these my humble spirits finds Health, liberty, and rest, The silent joys of simple minds, And leisure to be blest.
Text Authorship:
- by William Smyth (1765 - 1849) [author's text not yet checked 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 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Farewell, farewell, thou noisy town", WoO. 155 (26 Walisische Lieder) no. 8, G. 226 no. 8, published 1810/2 [ voice, piano,violin and violoncello ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Georg Pertz)
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Addio, addio, città rumorosa", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2006-01-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 86