In the dark pine-wood
I would we lay,
In deep cool shadow
At noon of day.
How sweet to lie there,
Sweet to kiss,
Where the great pine-forest
Enaisled is!
Thy kiss descending
Sweeter were
With a soft tumult
Of thy hair.
O unto the pine-wood
At noon of day
Come with me now,
Sweet love, away.
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981), "In the dark pinewood", published 1937 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Lorne M. Betts (b. 1918), "In the dark pine-wood", 1950 [ high voice and piano ], from Five Songs (1950) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carlos Botto Vallarino (1923 - 2004), "In the dark pine wood", op. 12 no. 1 (1959-60) [ soprano and piano ], from Songs of Love and Solitude (Poemas de amor y soledad), no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Matthew Emery (b. 1991), "Sweet love away", from Four Settings of James Joyce, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ross Lee Finney (1906 - 1997), "In the dark pine-wood", 1952, published 1985, first performed 1975 [ voice and piano ], from Chamber Music, no. 20, Henmar Press [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl J. Kittleson (b. 1920), "In the dark pine-wood" [ soprano, flute, oboe, horn, clarinet, bassoon ], from Three Songs for Soprano and Woodwinds [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ben Moore (b. 1960), "In the dark pine-wood" [ medium-high voice and piano ], from 14 Songs, no. 1, G. Schirmer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nick Peros (b. 1963), "In the dark pine-wood" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wayland Rogers , "In the dark pine-wood " [ vocal trio for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Williametta Spencer (b. 1932), "In the dark pine-wood", published 1972 [ satb chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
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Word count: 57
Dans le sombre bois de pins
Je voudrais que nous nous reposions
Dans l'ombre profonde et fraîche
Au milieu du jour.
Comme il serait doux de se reposer là,
Doux d'embrasser,
Où la grande forêt de pins
A ses allées !
Ton baiser se posant
Serait plus doux
Avec un tendre tumulte
De tes cheveux.
Oh, vers le bois de pins
Au milieu du jour
Viens avec moi maintenant,
Doux amour, viens.