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Let it be forgotten as a flower is forgotten, Forgotten as a fire that once was singing gold. Let it be forgotten forever and ever. Time is a kind friend, he will make us old. If anyone [asks]1, say it was forgotten, Long and long ago. As a flower, as a fire, as a hushed foot-fall In a long forgotten snow.
1 Mills: "should ask"
Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Let it be forgotten", appears in Flame and Shadow, first published 1920 [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 Garth Baxter (b. 1946), "Let it be forgotten" [ voice and piano ], from Four Views of Love, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by George Crumb (1929 - 2022), "Let it be forgotten" [ voice and piano ], from Three Early Songs, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ryan Donlin , "Let it be forgotten", first performed 2021 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Roland Farley (1892 - 1932), "Let it be forgotten", published 1926 [ high voice or medium voice and piano ], from Two Poems by Sara Teasdale [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sergius Kagen (1909 - 1964), "Let it be forgotten", published 1950 [ voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kirke Mechem (b. 1925), "Let it be forgotten", op. 33 no. 3, published 1979 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Goodbye, Farewell, and Adieu: Three Songs of Parting, no. 3, G.Schirmer (Hal Leonard) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kirke Mechem (b. 1925), "Let it be forgotten", published 1965 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from The Winds of May, no. 2, G. Schirmer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marlin Merrill , "Let it be forgotten", published 1972 [ SSAATB chorus (or SSAA chorus) and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by David Mills (b. 1939), "Let it be forgotten" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Vincent Persichetti (1915 - 1987), "Let it be forgotten", op. 72 no. 1 (1957), from Sara Teasdale Songs, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Charles Sacco (1905 - 1987), "Let it be forgotten", published 1941 [ high voice or low voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Simon Sargon (b. 1938), "Let it be forgotten", 1988 [ voice and piano ], from Let it be you, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wintter Haynes Watts (1884 - 1962), "Let it be forgotten", published 1923 [ high voice and piano ], from Two Songs by Sara Teasdale [sung text not yet checked]
- by Judith Lang Zaimont , "Let it be forgotten", 1975, from Greyed Sonnets: Five Serious Songs, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Georg von der Vring (1889 - 1968) , "Lied", appears in Englisch Horn: Anthologie angelsächsischer Lyrik von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart ; composed by Harald Genzmer.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Qu'il soit oublié", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 61
Qu'il soit oublié comme une fleur est oubliée, Oublié comme un feu qui autrefois chantait doré. Qu'on l'oublie pour toujours et à jamais, Le temps est un bon ami, il nous rendra vieux. Si quelqu'un demande, dites qu'on l'a oublié, Il y a longtemps, longtemps. Comme une fleur, comme un feu, comme une empreinte de pied Dans une neige oubliée depuis longtemps.
Authorship:
- Translation from English to French (Français) copyright © 2022 by Guy Laffaille, (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 Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Let it be forgotten", appears in Flame and Shadow, first published 1920
This text was added to the website: 2022-02-24
Line count: 8
Word count: 62