by Charlotte Brontë (1816 - 1855)

Eventide
Language: English 
Our translations:  FRE ITA
The house was still, the room was still
'Twas eventide in June;
A caged canary to the sun
Then setting, trilled a tune.

A free bird on the lilac-bush
Outside the lattice heard;
He listened long -- there came a hush,
He dropped an answering word.

Text Authorship:

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Tombée du jour", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title 1: "A sera", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2008-01-19
Line count: 8
Word count: 45