Sweet as the tender fragrance that survives,
When martyred flowers breathe out their little lives,
Sweet as a song that once consoled our pain,
But never will be sung to us again,
Is thy remembrance. Now the hour of rest
Hath come to thee. Sleep, darling; it is best.
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by John W. Bischoff (1850 - 1909), "Sweet remembrance", published 1890 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Reinhold Busch (1862 - 1943), "Remembrance", published 1900 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kenneth Christie , "Delia", published 1950 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Adolphe Coerne (1870 - 1922), "Delia", op. 28 (Ten Songs) no. 1, published 1894 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frederic Hymen Cowen, Sir (1852 - 1935), "The remembrance", published >>1879 [ voice and piano ], from Album of Twelve Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by W. K. Hamilton , "Delia" [ voice and piano ], from Three Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jacob Heymann , "Delia", published 1932 [ medium voice and piano ], from Three Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Ives , "Delia", published 1910 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lowell Liebermann (b. 1961), "Delia", op. 57 no. 5 (1997) [ high voice and piano ], from Six Songs on Poems by Henry W. Longfellow, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Delia", op. 150 no. 4 (2008) [ baritone and piano ], from Elf Lieder nach Henry W. Longfellow, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Uda Waldrop , "Thy remembrance" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Dolce come l'aroma tenero che rimane", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-06-10
Line count: 6
Word count: 49
Dolce come l'aroma tenero che rimane,
quando un fiore reciso esala la sua piccola vita,
Dolce come una canzone che un tempo ci alleviò le pene,
Ma che mai più per noi sarà di nuovo intonata,
E' il ricordo di te. Adesso il tempo del riposo
E', per te, giunto. Dormi, amor mio; è buona cosa.