Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed

Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed,
The dear repose for limbs with travel tired;
But then begins a journey in my head,
To work my mind, when body's work's expired:
For then my thoughts, from far where I abide,
Intend a zealous pilgrimage to thee,
And keep my drooping eyelids open wide,
Looking on darkness which the blind do see
Save that my soul's imaginary sight
Presents thy shadow to my sightless view,
Which, like a jewel hung in ghastly night,
Makes black night beauteous and her old face new.
  Lo! thus, by day my limbs, by night my mind,
  For thee and for myself no quiet find.

Authorship

by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) , no title, from Sonnets, no. 27

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

by John Buller (1927-2004) , "Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed" [voice, flute, clarinet, string quartet, and harp], from Of Three Shakespeare Sonnets, no. 3.
by Benjamin Burrows (1891-1966) , "Sonnet XXVII", 1928 [tenor and piano], note: text altered, possibly only copy errors
by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968) , "Sonnet XXVII - Weary with toil", op. 125 (Shakespeare Sonnets), Heft 1 no. 25 (1944-7). [voice and piano]
by Johan Franco (1908-1988) , "Sonnet XXVII", 1942, published 1957 [alto or baritone and piano], from 2 Shakes-Speare Sonnets, no. ?
by Richard Simpson (1820-1876) , "Sonnet XXVII", 1864-5, published 1878. [medium voice and piano]
by Claudio Spies , no title, 1976-7, first performed 1978 [satb quartet and piano], from Five Sonnet-Settings, no. 2.
by Montrose Thompson , "Weary with toil", 1945, copyright © 1945.
by Harri Vuori (1957-) , "Sonnet 27", 1999, published 1999 [tenor and viola da gamba], from From Day to Dream / Päivästä uneen päin, neljä W. Shakespearen tummaa sonettia, no. 3.

by Grigorii Samuilovich Frid , "Sonet 27: Trudami iznuren, khochu usnut'", op. 34 no. ? (1959), published 1964 [baritone and piano], from Sonety Shekspira, no. ?
by Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky (1904-1987) , "Trudami iznurjon, khochu usnut'", op. 52 no. 2 (1953-5), from Desjat' sonetov Shekspira, no. 2.

ITA Italian (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title unknown, copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (François-Victor Hugo) , no title, from Sonnets de Shakespeare, no. 27, published 1857

Text added to the website: 2003-11-19.

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Сонет XXВИИ

Трудами изнурён, хочу уснуть,
Блаженный отдых обрести в постели. 
Но только лягу, вновь пускаюсь в путь -
В своих мечтах - к одной и той же цели. 
Мои мечты и чувства в сотый раз
Идут к тебе дорогой пилигрима,
И, не смыкая утомленных глаз,
Я вижу тьму, что и слепому зрима. 
Усердным взором сердца и ума
Во тьме тебя ищу, лишенный зренья. 
И кажется великолепной тьма,
Когда в неё ты входишь светлой тенью. 
Мне от любви покоя не найти. 
И днём и ночью - я всегда в пути.

Транслитерация (Show transliteration)

by Samuil Yakovlevich Marschak (1887-1964) , "Sonet XXVII"

a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) , no title, from Sonnets, no. 27 ITA FRE

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

by Grigorii Samuilovich Frid , "Sonet 27: Trudami iznuren, khochu usnut'", op. 34 no. ? (1959), published 1964 [baritone and piano], from Sonety Shekspira, no. ?
by Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky (1904-1987) , "Trudami iznurjon, khochu usnut'", op. 52 no. 2 (1953-5), from Desjat' sonetov Shekspira, no. 2.

Text added to the website: 2003-11-19.