Song of Ciabhan (Carbery, set by I. Gurney) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


To the isle of peace I turn our prow, 
No angry seas shall fright you now, 
But calm lake waters, as smooth as glass, 
Where we shall pass from the place of slaughters. 

In our isle the calm slow dripping dew 
Shall shed its balm ?twixt night and you, 
And peace shall hover till Angus calls, 
And the great peace falls on beloved and lover.

Authorship

Ethna Carbery (1866-1902) [pseudonym]

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

Ivor Gurney (1890-1937)

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