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by William Blake (1757 - 1827)
Translation Singable translation © by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948 - 2020)
I have no name
Language: English
Our translations: RUS
"I have no name: I am but two days old." What shall I call thee? "I happy am, Joy is my name." Sweet joy befall thee! Pretty Joy! Sweet Joy, but two days old. Sweet Joy I call thee: Thou dost smile, I sing the while, Sweet joy befall thee!
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Text Authorship:
- by William Blake (1757 - 1827), "Infant Joy", appears in Songs of Innocence and Experience, in Songs of Innocence, no. 17, first published 1789 [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 Roy Ewing Agnew (1893 - 1944), "Infant Joy", published 1926, from Two Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Vernon Anson (1894 - 1958), "Infant Joy" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "Infant Joy", 1970-4, published 1974 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leslie R. Bassett (b. 1923), "Infant Joy", 1953, published c1957, first performed 1953 [ high voice and piano ], from Four Songs, no. 4, NY : American Composers Alliance [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gordon Ware Binkerd (1916 - 2003), "Infant Joy", published c1971 [ SSA chorus a cappella ], NY : Boosey & Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
- by Tamara Bliss (b. 1925), "Infant Joy" [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Bolcom (b. 1938), "Infant Joy", 1956-81 [ solo voices, chorus, and orchestra ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rutland Boughton (1878 - 1960), "Infant Joy", op. 34a no. 2 (1912), published 1912 [ unison chorus and piano ], from Songs of Childhood, or Six Unison Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by (William) Havergal Brian (1876 - 1972), "Infant Joy", published 1917 [ SSA trio a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alan Bullard (b. 1947), "Infant Joy", 1970, from Four Songs of William Blake [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vincent Henry Palmer Caillard, Sir (1856 - 1930), "Infant Joy", published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from The Songs of Innocence of William Blake, no. 17, London : Novello, Ewer & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ronald Caltabiano (b. 1959), "Infant Joy", 1978 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mary Grant Carmichael (1851 - 1935), "Infant Joy", published 1875 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rebecca Clarke (1886 - 1979), "Infant joy", 1913?, published 1924 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elizabeth Penn Sprague Coolidge (Mrs. Frederick Shurtleff Coolidge) (1864 - 1953), "Infant Joy", 19--? [ high voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John H. Corina (1928 - 2014), "Infant Joy", 1976, from From Songs of Innocence and Experience [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Cuckson (b. 1942), "Infant joy", 1971, first performed 1977 [ soprano, piano ], from Four Blake Songs, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Norman Curtis (b. 1933), "Infant Joy", c1959 [ voice and piano ], from William Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience, no. 11 [sung text not yet checked]
- by James D'Angelo (b. 1939), "Infant Joy", 1967 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Harold Edwin Darke (1888 - 1977), "Infant Joy", published 1921, from Three Baby Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Henry) Walford Davies, Sir (1869 - 1941), "Infant Joy", op. 4 no. 3, published 1900 [ SS chorus and piano ], from Four Songs of Innocence, no. 3, London: Novello ; first setting [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Henry) Walford Davies, Sir (1869 - 1941), "Infant Joy", op. 28 no. 6, published 1910 [ solo or unison song for children's voices and piano ], from Sacred Lullabies and Other Songs, no. 6, London : Sidney Riordan (Novello) ; second setting [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Henry) Walford Davies, Sir (1869 - 1941), "Infant Joy", op. 25, Heft 1 no. 2 (1908) [ bass and orchestra or piano ], from The Long Journey, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Norman Frank Demuth (1898 - 1968), "Infant Joy", published 1927 [ unison chorus ], London : Hawkes & Son, in New Century Series of School Songs, no. 36 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thomas Frederick Dunhill (1877 - 1946), "Infant joy", published 1901 [ high voice and piano ], London : Boosey & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Harry Farjeon (1878 - 1948), "Infant Joy", published 1933 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Harry Farjeon (1878 - 1948), "Infant Joy", published 1933 [ unison chorus ], London : Leonard, Gould & Bolttler (Brodt) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hubert James Foss (1899 - 1953), "Infant Joy", published 1923 [ unison chorus ], London : Oxford University Press [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Frandsen (b. 1956), "Infant Joy", 1984 [ soprano and guitar ], from Songs of Innocence I, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by ?, Mrs. James Friskin , "Infant Joy", published 1951 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vincent Sauter Frohne (b. 1936), "Infant joy", op. 30a no. 2 (1971), first performed 1976 [ soprano, narrator, and chamber orchestra ], from Sacred Songs of William Blake, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Earl Robert George (b. 1924), "Infant Joy", published c1956 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 3, Evanston, IL : Summy-Birchard Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ole Carsten Green (b. 1922), "Infant Joy", op. 27b no. 16 (1973) [ voice and piano ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 16 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Geoffrey Gwyther , "Infant joy", published 1917 [ medium voice and piano ], from Seven Poems from Blake's "Songs of Innocence", no. 6, London, The Poetry Bookshop [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thomas Haigh (flourished 1898-1927), "Infant joy", published 1923 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], London, Phillips & Page; Boston, Boston Music Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Hall (1903 - 1982), "A Song of Innocence: Infant Joy", published 1953 [ voice and piano ], London : Hinrichsen Edition (Peters) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "Infant Joy", op. 13 (Seven songs) no. 1 (1913) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Victor Hely-Hutchinson (1901 - 1947), "Infant Joy", published c1928 [ SA chorus and piano? ], from Five Songs of Innocence, no. 3, London : Oxford University Press [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gary Michael Higginson (b. 1952), "Infant Joy", op. 33 no. 7 (1977), first performed 1979 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Seven Songs of William Blake, Set I, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Holbrooke (1878 - 1958), "Infant Joy", op. 130 no. 5 (1934), from Songs of Innocence, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bo Holten (b. 1948), "Infant Joy ", 1981/2, first performed 1982 [ double mixed chorus and large orchestra ], from Symfoni (Symphony) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Herbert) Kelsey Jones (b. 1922), "Infant Joy", 1961 [ soprano, piano, and chamber orchestra ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mary Margaret Kelly (b. 1957), "Infant Joy ", c1985 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Five Poems from William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mary Margaret Kelly (b. 1957), "Infant Joy", 1984-5 [ SSA chorus a cappella ], from Six Songs for School Chorus, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Walter Kemp (b. 1938), "Infant Joy", 1958, published c1967 [ soprano, tenor, and SATB chorus a cappella ], from Five Poems of William Blake, no. 3, Don Mills, Ont. : BMI Canada (Berandol) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Richard Korte (b. 1928), "Infant Joy", published 1966 [ SSA chorus a cappella ], from Four Blake Songs, no. 2, Boston : E. C. Schirmer [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Thomas) Timothy Lenk (b. 1952), "Infant Joy", c1977 [ tenor, bass-baritone, flute (piccolo), clarinet, bass clarinet, and violin ], from Songs of Innocence and Experience, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joan Littlejohn (b. 1937), "Infant Joy ", 1967, rev. 1971 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Luening (1900 - 1996), "Infant Joy", 1928, published 1952, first performed 1930 [ high voice and piano ], New York, High Gate Press (Galaxy) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles T. Maclary , "Infant Joy", published 1941 [ unison chorus or SS chorus a cappella ], from Nine Happy Songs, from Songs of Innocence of William Blake, no. 3, Philadelphia : Elkan-Vogel Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by William James Mathias (1934 - 1992), "Infant Joy ", op. 82 no. 2 (1979), published c1987, first performed 1979 [ mezzo-soprano, celesta, harp, piano, and strings ], from Songs of William Blake, no. 2, Oxford : Oxford University Press [sung text not yet checked]
- by Douglas McGilvra (b. 1945), "Infant Joy ", 1976-7, first performed 1978 [ soprano, three flutes, 2 pianos, and celesta ], from Blake Texts, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Chris J. Moore , "Infant Joy", published 1979 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Nordoff (1909 - 1977), "Infant Joy", published 1953 [ voice and piano ], London : Hinrichsen Edition (C. F. Peters) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robin Orr (1909 - 2006), "Infant Joy", 1929, first performed 1932 [ voice and string quartet ], from Three Songs of Innocence, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Morfydd Owen (1891 - 1918), "Infant Joy ", published c1923 [ voice and piano ], London : Anglo-French Music Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Donald Patriquin (b. 1938), "Infant Joy ", 1984 [ SSAA chorus, harp, and flute ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Dean Pearson (b. 1905), "Infant Joy", published 1964 [ unison chorus ], London : J. Curwen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Wormald Pollitt (1879? - 1933), "Infant Joy", op. 10 no. 1, published c1910 [ SATB quartet a cappella ], London : Stainer & Bell [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ellen Raskin (1928 - 1984), "Infant Joy", published 1966 [ voice and piano or guitar ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 17, Garden City, NY : Doubleday [sung text not yet checked]
- by (William Herbert) Mervyn Roberts (1906 - 1990), "Infant Joy", 1940, rev. 1972 [ soprano and piano ], from Four Songs of Innocence, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Landon Ronald, Sir (1873 - 1938), "Infant Joy", published c1916, 1944 [ voice and piano ], from Four Songs of Innocence, no. 2, London : Enoch & Sons; NY : G. Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]
- by Theodore P. Saunway (b. 1940), "Infant Joy ", c1976 [ baritone and piano ], from Four Songs on the Human Condition, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elie Siegmeister (1909 - 1991), "Infant Joy", 1972, rev. 1985 [ voice and piano ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948 - 2020), "Infant Joy", op. 132 no. 4 (2001) [ speaker and tape ], from The Innocence of Experience, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gregg Smith (b. 1931), "Infant Joy", published c1975 [ unison treble chorus and piano (with optional instruments) ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 1, NY : G. Schirmer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Russell Smith (b. 1927), "Infant Joy", 1949 [ medium voice and piano ], from Six Songs of Innocence, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Masters van Someren-Godfery (d. 1947), "Joy is my name", published c1952 [ voice and piano ], from Six Blake Songs, no. 1, London : Augener [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christopher Steel (b. 1939), "Infant Joy", 1971 [ baritone and piano ], from Piping Down the Valleys Wild, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ronald Stevenson (b. 1928), "Infant Joy", 1948-50, rev. 1965 [ voice and piano ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 17, another version exists for voice, flute, and string quintet (composed 1966-71) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anthony Strilko (b. 1931), "Infant Joy", 1960? [ high voice and piano ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Austin Sykes (1909 - 1962), "Infant Joy", 1935-6, first performed 1975 [ voice and piano ], from Songs of Innocence, no. 14 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert Tepper (b. 1921), "Infant Joy", 1968, from Meditations on Blake Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rikuya Terashima (b. 1964), "Infant joy" [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by David Evan Thomas (b. 1958), "Infant Joy", 1989 [ medium voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), "Infant Joy", 1957, published 1958 [ voice and oboe ], from Ten Blake Songs, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wesley Allan Ward , "Infant Joy ", 1972 [ soprano and piano ], from Three Children's Songs : Poems of William Blake, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolph T. Werther (1896 - 1986), "Infant Joy" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Battelle Whiting (1861 - 1936), "Infant Joy", published 1926, from The Golden Cage [sung text not yet checked]
- by Margaret Lucy Wilkins (b. 1939), "Infant Joy ", op. 15 no. 3 (1970) [ mezzo-soprano, viola, and piano ], from Songs of Innocence and Experience, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Stephen Wilkinson (b. 1919), "Infant Joy" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Lawrence Willingham (b. 1942), "Infant Joy ", op. 17 no. 4 (1979) [ soprano and piano ], from Songs of Innocence and Experience, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Harry Robert Wilson (1901 - 1968), "Infant Joy", published c1957 [ SSA chorus (and piano?) ], NY : Mercury Music Corp. (Presser) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dalhousie James Young (1866 - 1921), "Infant Joy", published 1894 [ high voice and piano ], London : Weekes & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- RUS Russian (Русский) [singable] (Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov) , "Дитя-радость", copyright ©, (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: 12
Word count: 50
Дитя‑радость
Language: Russian (Русский) after the English
“Мне уж два дня, А нет у меня ещё имени.” Как назову тебя? “Радость назвать – Горя не знать!” – Так и зову тебя: Я пою Про светлую радость, О том, как люблю тебя. Ты улыбнись И отзовись – Радость зову тебя!
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- Singable translation by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948 - 2020), "Дитя-радость", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by William Blake (1757 - 1827), "Infant Joy", appears in Songs of Innocence and Experience, in Songs of Innocence, no. 17, first published 1789
Researcher for this page: Richard Shaw
This text was added to the website: 2008-01-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 42