by James Joyce (1882 - 1941)
O Sweetheart, hear you
Language: English
Our translations: FRE
O Sweetheart, hear you Your lover's tale; A man shall have sorrow When friends him fail. For he shall know then Friends be untrue And a little ashes Their words come to. But one unto him Will softly move And softly woo him In ways of love. His hand is under Her smooth round breast; So he who has sorrow Shall have rest.
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Note: first published in Speaker (July 1904)Text Authorship:
- by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), appears in Chamber Music, no. 18, first published 1907 [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 David Arditti (b. 1964), no title, op. 20 no. 12 (1998) [ tenor and string quartet ], from Chamber Music, no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Roberto Di Marino (b. 1956), no title, from Tre Liriche per Coro e Chitarra, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ross Lee Finney (1906 - 1997), "O Sweetheart, hear you ", 1952, published 1985, first performed 1975 [ voice and piano ], from Chamber Music, no. 18, Henmar Press [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Hungarian (Magyar), a translation by Ágnes Gergely (b. 1933) ; composed by András Mihály.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 63