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I travelled among unknown men, In lands beyond the sea; Nor England! did I know till then What love I bore to thee. 'Tis past, that melancholy dream! Nor will I quit [thy shore]1 A second time, for still I seem To love thee more and more. Among thy mountains did I feel The joy of my desire; And she I cherished turned [her]2 wheel Beside an English fire. Thy mornings showed, thy nights concealed, The bowers where Lucy played; And thine [too is]3 the last green field That Lucy's eyes surveyed.
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View text without footnotes1 Britten: "again"
2 Ives: "the"
3 Ives: "is too"
Text Authorship:
- by William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850), "I travelled among unknown men", written 1801, appears in Lyrical Ballads, first published 1807 [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 (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "From 'Lucy'" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nigel Dodd , "Lucy III" [ bass or baritone, piano ], from The Lucy Poems: A Song Cycle for Bass-Baritone and Piano, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954), "I travelled among unknown men", 1901 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 95
He viatjat enmig d’homes desconeguts, en països d’ultramar; oh Anglaterra! Fins llavors no he sabut l’amor que tenia per tu. Ha passat, aquell somni melangiós! No et tornaré a deixar una segona vegada, car em sembla d’estimar-te més i més. Enmig de les teves muntanyes he sentit la joia del meu desig i la noia que jo estimava feia anar la filosa al costat d’un foc anglès. Els teus matins mostraven, les teves nits ocultaven, les glorietes on la Lucy jugava; i teu és també el darrer camp verd que els ulls de la Lucy van contemplar.
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Translations of titles:
"From 'Lucy'" = "De “Lucy”"
"I travelled among unknown men" = "He viatjat enmig d’homes desconeguts"
"Lucy III" = "Lucy III"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from English to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2024 by Salvador Pila, (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 William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850), "I travelled among unknown men", written 1801, appears in Lyrical Ballads, first published 1807
This text was added to the website: 2024-09-16
Line count: 16
Word count: 97