Un himno nocturno (Fuller, set by (Benjamin Britten, Henry Purcell)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by William Fuller, Dr., Lord-Bishop of Lincoln (1608 - 1675)

Translation © by David Fonseca Astorga

Now that the sun hath veil'd his light

Language: English

Available translation(s): FIN FRE GER ITA SPA

Now that the sun hath veil'd his light
And bid the world goodnight;
To the soft bed my body I dispose,
But where shall my soul repose?

Dear, dear God, even in Thy arms,
And can there be any so sweet security!
Then to thy rest, O my soul!
And singing, praise the mercy
That prolongs thy days.

Hallelujah!

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by William Fuller, Dr., Lord-Bishop of Lincoln (1608 - 1675) [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 (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "An evening hymn", note: this is a realization of a Purcell song. [
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by Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695), "An evening hymn", alternate title: "An evening hymn on a ground", Z. 193, from Harmonia Sacra [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Hymne du soir", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (David Fonseca Astorga) , title 1: "Un himno nocturno", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Ein Abendlied", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Adriana Ferrando) , copyright © 2016, (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.
Line count: 10
Word count: 59

Un himno nocturno

Language: Spanish (Español) after the English

Ahora que el sol ha velado su luz
y dado las buenas noches al mundo
En el suave lecho dispongo mi cuerpo
pero ¿dónde mi alma ha de reposar?

!Querido, querido Dios; incluso en tus brazos
puede haber una seguridad tan dulce!
¡Ve a tu descanso alma mía!
y cantando, alaba la misericordia
que prolonga tus días.

Aleluya.

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Translation from English to Spanish (Español) copyright © 2012 by David Fonseca Astorga, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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a text in English by William Fuller, Dr., Lord-Bishop of Lincoln (1608 - 1675)

This text was added to the website: 2012-09-08
Line count: 10
Word count: 58