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Hearke, hearke, the Larke at Heavens gate sings,
and Phœbus gins arise,
[His Steeds to water at those Springs
on chalic'd Flowres that lyes:]1
And winking Mary-buds begin to ope their Golden eyes
With every thing that pretty is, my Lady sweet arise:
Arise arise.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. Published according to the True Originall Copies. London. Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed. Blount. 1623 (Facsimile from the First Folio Edition, London: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly. 1876), page 377 of the Tragedies.
Note: The poem is Cloten's song in act II, scene 3.
1 omitted by Johnson.Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Song", appears in Cymbeline [author's text checked 2 times 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 Godfrey Edward Pellew Arkwright (1864 - 1944), "Hark, hark! the lark", published [1902?] [ voice and piano ], from Nine Songs from Shakespeare, London, Joseph Williams [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968), "Arise!" [ high voice and piano ], from Shakespeare Songs, Book VI, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thomas Chilcot , "The words by Shakespeare in Cymbeline", published [1743] [ high voice, 2 violins, viola, and basso continuo ], from Twelve English Songs, London : Johnson [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frederica Elvira Gambogi (? - 1940), "Hark! the Lark", published 1894 [ voice and piano ], from Two Songs, London : Cocks [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Linton Gardner (1917 - 2011), "Hark, hark! the lark", op. 36 no. 1, published 1956 [ mixed chorus and piano duet or small orchestra ], from Seven Songs, no. 1, London : Oxford University Press [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sven Eric Emanuel Johanson (1919 - 1997), "Hark! Hark! The lark", 1974, copyright © 1978 [ mixed chorus and piano ], from Fancies, no. 9, Stockholm : C. Gehrmans Musikförlag ; New York : Walton Music Corp. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Johnson (c1583 - 1633), "Hark, hark! the lark", 1609 [ soprano and lute ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Harvey Worthington Loomis (1865 - 1930), "Hark, hark! the lark" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953), "Hark, hark! the lark", published 1946 [ voice and piano ], London, Boosey & Hawkes [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Hark, Hark, the Lark", op. 516 (1958) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Cyril Meir Scott (1879 - 1970), "Hark, hark! the lark", 1895-6 [ voice and piano ], from Six Songs, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), a translation by Emmanuel Hiel (1834 - 1899) , "Hoor! Hoor!", appears in Gedichten, in Twaalf liederen van Shakespere, no. 10, first published 1868 ; composed by Petrus Leonardus Leopoldus "Peter" Benoit.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Camille de Sainte-Croix (1859 - 1915) ; composed by Paul Vidal.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation sometimes misattributed to August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767 - 1845) and by Abraham Voss (1785 - 1847) , "Lied", written 1810 ; composed by Franz Wilhelm Abt, Robert Emmerich, Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken, Franz Peter Schubert, Ferdinand Stegmayer.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Dorothea Tieck (d. 1841) , no title ; composed by Wilhelm Killmayer, Wilhelm Petersen.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Ferdinand von Hiller.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 - 1803) , "Morgengesang" ; composed by Friedrich Curschmann, Mathilde von Kralik, Karl Sigmund Freiherr von Seckendorff.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Karl Joseph Simrock (1802 - 1876) , written c1845, Zweiter Akt, Szene 3 ; composed by Alexander Zemlinsky.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Paavo Cajander)
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo)
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Ascoltala, ascoltala! L'Allodola", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 7
Word count: 45
CLOTEN Ascoltala, ascoltala! l'allodola che scioglie Il suo soave canto alle celesti soglie, mentre Febo, appena desto, abbevera i destrieri alla rugiada che colma i calici dei fiori; Le timide calendule hanno iniziato a schiudere il loro occhio dorato: Insieme a ogni cosa che appare bella Svegliati ora, dolcissima fanciulla: svegliati, svegliati!
Authorship:
- Translation from English to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2008 by Ferdinando Albeggiani, (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 Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Song", appears in Cymbeline
This text was added to the website: 2008-07-04
Line count: 10
Word count: 52