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by William Congreve (1670 - 1729)

Translation © by Walter A. Aue

Pious Celinda goes to prayers

Language: English

Our translations: CAT GER

Pious [Celinda]¹ goes to prayers
If I but ask [the]² favour,
And yet the tender fool's in tears
When she believes I'll leave her.
Would I were free from this restraint,
Or else had [hopes]³ to win her;
Would she could make of me a saint,
Or I of her a sinner!

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• C. Barratt

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¹ Barratt: "Selinda"
² Barratt: "a"
³ Barratt: "hope"

Text Authorship:

by William Congreve (1670 - 1729) [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 Carol Barratt , "Song", published 1997, from Six "Songs" for Singing, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Pious Celinda", 1947 [ voice and piano ], a realization of the Purcell song. Confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960), "Pious Celinda goes to prayers", 1933, published 1933 [ voice and piano ], from Old wine in new bottles: four Restoration songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695), "Pious Celinda goes to prayers", Z. 410, published 1695 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Walter A. Aue) , "Selinda fängt zu beten an", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 55

Selinda fängt zu beten an

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Selinda fängt zu beten an,
wenn ich sie liebend fasse --
beginnt jedoch zu weinen dann,
scheint's, daß ich sie verlasse.

Wär' doch befreit vom Zwang ich hier --
oder würd' sie willens finden;
könnt' Tugend wecken sie in mir --
oder ich in ihr die Sünden!

Text Authorship:

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a text in English by William Congreve (1670 - 1729)
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This text was added to the website: 2010-03-23
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Word count: 44