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by John Fletcher (1579 - 1625)
Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Come, Sleep, and with thy sweet...
Language: English 
Our translations:  FRE GER SPA
Come, Sleep, and with thy sweet deceiving
Lock me in delight awhile;
Let some pleasing [dreams]1 beguile
All my fancies; that from thence
[I may feel]2 an influence
All my powers of care bereaving.

Though but a shadow, but a sliding,
Let me know some little joy!
We that suffer long annoy
Are contented with a thought
[Through]3 an idle fancy wrought:
O let my joys have some abiding!

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•   R. Clarke •   I. Gurney •   P. Warlock 

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1 Gurney: "dream"
2 Warlock: "There may steal"
3 Clarke: "By"

Text Authorship:

  • by John Fletcher (1579 - 1625), "Sleep", appears in The Woman Hater, first published 1607 [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 Rebecca Clarke (1886 - 1979), "Sleep", 1926 [ vocal duet with piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912 - 1990), "Come sleep", published 1938 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "Sleep", 1914, published 1920 [ mezzo-soprano and instrumental ensemble ], from Five Elizabethan Songs (The Elizas), no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by John Jeffreys (1927 - 2010), "Sleep" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Humphrey Procter-Gregg (1895 - 1980), "Sleep" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Come, Sleep", op. 223 (1949) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Come, Sleep", op. 304 (1951) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Come, Sleep", op. 415 (1953) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Come, Sleep", op. 574 (1960) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930), "Sleep", 1922, published 1923 [ voice and piano or string quartet ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Sommeil", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Julia Hamann) , "Schlaf", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (José Miguel Llata) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ted Perry

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 72

Sommeil
Language: French (Français)  after the English 
Viens, Sommeil, et par ta douce tromperie
Enferme-moi dans un instant de plaisir :
Laisse quelques agréables rêves bercer
Toutes mes illusions ; que de là
Je puisse sentir une influence
Privant de souci toutes mes facultés.

Bien que tu ne sois qu'une ombre, qu'un glissement,
Fais-moi connaître un peu de joie !
Nous qui souffrons d'un long ennui
Sommes satisfaits par une pensée
Poussée par une illusion vaine :
Oh, laisse mes joies durer un peu !

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from English to French (Français) copyright © 2011 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 Fletcher (1579 - 1625), "Sleep", appears in The Woman Hater, first published 1607
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This text was added to the website: 2011-06-26
Line count: 12
Word count: 73

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