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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation © by Paolo Montanari

Heart's Ease
Language: English 
Our translations:  ITA
Sing care away, with sport and play,
For pastime is our pleasure;
If well we fare, for nought we care,
In mirth consists our treasure.
Let stupids lurk and drudges work,
We do defy their slav'ry;
He is a fool, that goes to school,
All we delight in brav'ry.

What doth avail far hence to sail,
And lead our life in toiling?
Or to what end should we here spend,
Our days in irksome moiling?
It is the best to live at rest,
And tak't as God doth send it,
To haunt each wake and mirth to make,
And with good fellows spend it.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Heart's Ease", 16th century or earlier [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , title 1: "Agio del cuore", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Paolo Montanari

This text was added to the website: 2006-03-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 104

Agio del cuore
Language: Italian (Italiano)  after the English 
Allontanate i pensieri col canto
perché il gioco è il nostro piacere;
se mangiamo bene, non preoccupiamoci di nulla,
il nostro tesoro è l'amore.
Lasciamo che gli stupidi marciscano in casa e che gli sgobboni lavorino,
noi sfidiamo la loro schiavitù;
chi va a scuola è un cretino,
noi ci divertiamo e ce ne vantiamo.

A che serve viaggiare lontano
e vivere la vita faticando?
O per quale fine dovremmo spendere
i nostri giorni in tediose sfacchinate?
La cosa migliore è vivere riposando
e prenderla come il cielo la manda,
andare a tutte le feste, fare all'amore
e spassarsela con gli amici.

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  • Translation from English to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2006 by Paolo Montanari, (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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Based on:

  • a text in English by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website: 2006-03-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 102

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