Song Cycle by Adam Taylor (1981-)

1. Sweet day

Authorship

by George Herbert (1593-1633)

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Sweet day! so cool, so calm, so bright,
The bridal of the earth and sky,
The dew shall weep thy fall tonight;
For thou must die.

Sweet rose, whose hue angry and brave
Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye:
Thy root is ever, ever in its grave,
And thou must die.

Sweet spring! full of sweet days and roses,
A box where sweets compacted lie,
My music shows ye have your closes,
And all must die.

Only a sweet and virtuous soul,
Like seasoned timber, never gives;
But though the whole world turn to coal,
Then chiefly lives.

2. Du bist die Ruh

Authorship

by Friedrich Rückert (1788-1866) , "Kehr ein bei mir!"

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Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):

ITA Italian (Amelia Maria Imbarrato)
ENG English (Lynn Thompson)
ITA Italian (Vittorio Fellegara)
ENG English [singable] (unknown or anonymous translator)
SPA Spanish (unknown or anonymous translator)
DUT Dutch [singable] (Lau Kanen)
POR Portuguese (Alexandre Trovon)
ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue)
FRE French (Guy Laffaille)

Du bist die Ruh,
Der Friede mild,
Die Sehnsucht du
Und was sie stillt.

Ich weihe dir
Voll Lust und Schmerz
Zur Wohnung hier
Mein Aug und Herz.

Kehr ein bei mir,
Und schließe du
Still hinter dir
Die Pforten zu.

Treib andern Schmerz
Aus dieser Brust!
Voll sei dies Herz
Von deiner Lust.

Dies Augenzelt
Von deinem Glanz
Allein erhellt,
O füll es ganz!

3. Schlafen, schlafen

Authorship

by (Christian) Friedrich Hebbel (1813-1863)

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Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):

ENG English (Jakob Kellner)
NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland)
FRE French (Guy Laffaille)

Schlafen, schlafen, Nichts als schlafen!
Kein Erwachen, [keinen Traum!]1
Jener Wehen, die mich trafen,
Leisestes Erinnern kaum.
Daß ich, wenn des Lebens Fülle
Niederklingt in meine Ruh,
Nur noch tiefer mich verhülle,
Fester zu die Augen tu!

4. Schlafend trägt man mich

Authorship

by Alfred Mombert (1872-1942)

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Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):

NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland)
ENG English (Jakob Kellner)
FRE French (Guy Laffaille)

Schlafend trägt man mich
in mein Heimatland!
Ferne komm ich her,
über Gipfel, über Schlünde,
über ein dunkles Meer
in mein Heimatland.

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