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When the shy star goes forth in heaven All maidenly, disconsolate, Hear you amid the drowsy even One who is singing by your gate. His song is softer than the dew And he is come to visit you. O bend no more in revery When he at eventide is calling, Nor muse: Who may this singer be Whose song about my heart is falling Know you by this, the lover's chant, 'Tis I that am your visitant.
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Authorship
- by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), appears in Chamber Music, no. 4, first published 1907 [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 David Arditti (b. 1964), "When the shy star goes forth in heaven ", op. 20 no. 3 (1998) [tenor and string quartet], from Chamber Music, no. 3. [text verified 1 time]
- by William A. Billingsley (b. 1922), "When the shy star goes forth in heaven" [tenor and piano], from James Joyce Songs [text not verified]
- by Israel Citkowitz (1909 - 1974), "When the shy star goes forth in heaven", published 1930 [voice and piano], from Five Songs from "Chamber Music", no. 2. [text not verified]
- by Matthew Emery (b. 1991), "The lover's chant", 2013. [SATB chorus a cappella] [text verified 1 time]
- by Ross Lee Finney (1906 - 1997), "When the shy star goes forth in heaven", 1952, published 1985, first performed 1975 [voice and piano], from Chamber Music, no. 4, Henmar Press [text not verified]
- by Tom Vernon Ritchie (b. 1922), "When the shy star goes forth in heaven" [voice and piano or string quartet], from Serenade [text not verified]
- by Wayland Rogers , "When the shy star goes forth in heaven" [medium voice and piano], from Five James Joyce Poems, no. 2. [text not verified]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (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: 12
Word count: 78
Quand l'étoile timide monte dans le ciel Toute virginale, inconsolable, Entends dans le soir somnolent Celui qui chante à ton portail. Son chant est plus doux que la rosée Et il est venu pour te rendre visite. Oh, ne te courbe pas en rêverie Quand à la tombée du jour il appelle Et ne songe pas : Qui peut être ce chanteur Dont le chant descend sur mon cœur ? Reconnais-le, le chant de l'amant, C'est moi qui suis ton visiteur.
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- a text in English by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), appears in Chamber Music, no. 4, first published 1907
This text was added to the website: 2009-11-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 81