Araby (Mare, set by C. Gibbs, M. Hurd) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


"Dark-browed Sailor, tell me now,
Where, where is Araby?
The tide's aflow, the wind ablow,
'Tis I who pine for Araby."

"Master, she her spices showers
O'er nine-and-ninety leagues of sea;
The laden air breathes faint and rare -
Dreams on far-distant Araby."

"Oh, but Sailor, tell me true;
'Twas Man who mapped this Araby;
Though dangers brew, let me and you
Embark this night for Araby..."

Wails the wind from star to star;
Rock the loud waves their dirge: and see!
Through foam and wrack, a boat drifts back:
Ah, heart-beguiling Araby!

Input by Ted Perry

Authorship

Walter de la Mare (1873-1956)

Crossings

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889-1960)

Four Songs from "Crossings: A Fairy Play"

Michael Hurd (1928-)

Sea and Shore Songs

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