Sleep now, O sleep now | Sleep now, O sleep now

by James Joyce (1882 - 1941)

Sleep now, O sleep now

Language: English

Our translations: FRE GER

Sleep now, O sleep now,
  O you unquiet heart!
A voice crying "Sleep now"
  Is heard in my heart.

The voice of the winter
  Is heard at the door.
O sleep, for the winter
  Is crying "Sleep no more."

My kiss will give peace now
  And quiet to your heart -
Sleep on in peace now,
  O you unquiet heart!

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Text Authorship:

by James Joyce (1882 - 1941), no title, appears in Chamber Music, no. 34, 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. 19 (1998) [ tenor and string quartet ], from Chamber Music, no. 19 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981), "Sleep now", op. 10 (Three Songs) no. 2, published 1939 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Lorne M. Betts (b. 1918), "Sleep now, O sleep now", published 1951 [ high voice and piano ], from Six Songs to Poems of James Joyce [sung text not yet checked]
by Carlos Botto Vallarino (1923 - 2004), "Sleep now", op. 12 no. 6 (1959-60) [ soprano and piano ], from Songs of Love and Solitude (Poemas de amor y soledad), no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
by Brian Boydell (1917 - 2000), "Sleep now, O sleep now", 1944 [ soprano, oboe or violin, and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Matthew Emery (b. 1991), "There is yet faith", alternate title: "Sleep now", 2013, first performed 2013 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Ross Lee Finney (1906 - 1997), "Sleep now, O sleep now ", 1952, published 1985, first performed 1975 [ voice and piano ], from Chamber Music, no. 34, Henmar Press [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Fürstenthal (1920 - 2016), "Sleep now" [ voice and piano ], from Songs after Poems by James Joyce III, no. 7, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
by Jack Marius Jarrett (b. 1934), "Sleep now, O sleep now", 1964 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from The Unquiet Heart [sung text not yet checked]
by Sergius Kagen (1909 - 1964), "Sleep now", published 1951 [ low voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Hugo Kauder (1888 - 1972), "Sleep now, O sleep now", published 1955 [ soprano, alto, tenor, and string quartet ], from Ten Poems [sung text not yet checked]
by (Kurt) Rudolf Mengelberg (1892 - 1959), "Sleep now, O sleep now", published 1960 [ medium voice and piano ], from Chamber music, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
by Lee Marion Pattison (1890 - 1966), "Sleep now", published 1926 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Ronald Perera (b. 1941), "Sleep now", 1985 [ high voice and piano ], from Sleep Now, no. 5, Boosey & Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
by Vincent Persichetti (1915 - 1987), "Unquiet heart", published 1959 [ high voice or medium voice and piano ], from James Joyce Songs, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Hermann Reutter (1900 - 1985), "Sleep now, O sleep now", 1972 [ low male voice and piano ], from Chamber Music, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Tibor Serly (1901 - 1978), "Sleep now, O sleep now", 1926 [ mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra ], from Four Songs from "Chamber Music" [sung text not yet checked]
by Rick Sowash (b. 1950), "Sleep now, O sleep now,", 1998 [ mezzo-soprano, viola, clarinet, flute, and piano ], from Along the River, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Gitta Steiner (1932 - 1990), "Sleep now, O sleep now", published 1970 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], from Three Songs for Medium Voice and Piano [sung text not yet checked]
by Karol Maciej Szymanowski (1882 - 1937), "Sleep now", op. 54 no. 2, published 1926 [ voice and piano ], from Pieśni do słów Jamesa Joyce'a, no. 2, also set in Polish (Polski) [sung text checked 1 time]
by (Thomas) Gerard Victory (1921 - 1995), "Sleep now, O sleep now", 1954 [ tenor, SATB chorus, and instrumental ensemble ], from Five Songs by James Joyce [sung text not yet checked]

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Also set in Polish (Polski), a translation by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (1894 - 1980) ; composed by Karol Maciej Szymanowski.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 59