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by John Dryden (1631 - 1700) and by Nathaniel Lee (1653? - 1692)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Music for a while

Language: English

Our translations: CAT FRE

Music for a while
Shall all your cares beguile:
Wond'ring how your pains were eas'd
And disdaining to be pleas'd
Till Alecto free the dead
From their eternal bands,
Till the snakes drop from her head,
And the whip from out her hands.

Text Authorship:

by John Dryden (1631 - 1700) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Nathaniel Lee (1653? - 1692) [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 (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Music for a while", 1947 [ voice and piano ], a realization of the Purcell song. Confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
by Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695), "Music for a while", Z. 583 no. 2, included in Orpheus Britannicus. A Collection of all the choicest songs for One, Two, and Three Voices, Vol. II (1692?) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Wim Zwaag (b. 1960), "Music for a while", 2003 [ soprano and cello ], from Music for a while, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Música per una estona", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La musique pour un moment", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 43

La musique pour un moment

Language: French (Français) after the English

La musique pour un moment
Trompera nos soucis :
Vous étonnant de comment vos soucis auront cessé
Et dédaignant d'être charmé
Jusqu'à ce qu'Alecto libère les morts
De leurs liens éternels,
Jusqu'à ce que les serpents tombent de sa tête,
Et le fouet de ses mains.

Text Authorship:

Translation from English to French (Français) copyright © 2010 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 John Dryden (1631 - 1700) and by Nathaniel Lee (1653? - 1692)
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This text was added to the website: 2010-02-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 45