by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by Andrea Maffei (1798 - 1885)
Come, seeling night
Language: English
Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day, And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale! Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood; Good things of day begin to droop and drowse, Whiles night's black agents to their preys do rouse.
Authorship
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), appears in Macbeth, Act III, Scene 2 [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 Ruth Marie Anderson , "Come, seeling night", op. 1 no. 3 (1946), copyright © 1947 [medium voice and piano], LCC #EU 66059 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Andrea Maffei) , no title, first published 1863
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2011-06-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 59
Or cala, o notte
Language: Italian (Italiano) after the English
Or cala, o notte, A coprir con la tua mano di sangue L’occhio pietoso della luce, e spezza Quello stame vital che m’è sorgente Di continue paure. - Ecco già l’ombre Scendono sulla terra, e la cornacchia Drizza il volo alle selve. A farsi meste, A impallidir cominciano le gaje Creature del giorno, e solo in volta Van gli oscuri compagni della notte Vaghi di preda.
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Authorship
- by Andrea Maffei (1798 - 1885), no title, first published 1863 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), appears in Macbeth, Act III, Scene 2
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this text: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-05-09
Line count: 11
Word count: 66