by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967)
Sleep
Language: English
When the lips And the body Are done She seeks your hand, Touches it, And sleep comes, Without wonder And without dreams, When the lips And the body Are done.
Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967), "Sleep" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Robert Owens (1925 - 2017), "Sleep", op. 11 no. 7 [ tenor and piano ], from Silver Rain, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Paridam von dem Knesebeck) (Eva Hesse) , "Schlaf", appears in Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung, copyright ©
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-10-26
Line count: 11
Word count: 30