Als er goden zouden zijn... (O'Sullivan, set by (Ernest John Moeran)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Seumas O'Sullivan (1879 - 1958)

Translation © by Joost van der Linden

If there be any gods

Language: English

Available translation(s): DUT

Wild birds flying across the moon,
Sedges singing beside the pool,
Long hills quiet for mile on mile,
Water ruffled by winter wind,
All that the fields in their silence tell --
These are the gifts of the Gods to men.

Authorship

by Seumas O'Sullivan (1879 - 1958), first published <<1912 [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 Ernest John Moeran (1894 - 1950), "If there be any gods", R. 87 (1944) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Joost van der Linden) , "Als er goden zouden zijn...", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2011-04-01
Line count: 6
Word count: 40

Als er goden zouden zijn...

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the English

Wilde vogels vliegen langs de maan
Zegge zingt naast de vijver
Lange heuvels stil mijl na mijl
Water verstoord door winterwind,
Alles wat de velden in hun stilte zeggen – 
dit zijn de gaven van de Goden aan de mens.

Zegge is een soort rietgras

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Based on

a text in English by Seumas O'Sullivan (1879 - 1958), first published <<1912

This text was added to the website: 2021-03-21
Line count: 6
Word count: 40