Weep you no more

Notes on selected settings

• John Dowland T solo & SATB
• Charles Hubert Hastings Parry T solo

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• John Dowland — Weep you no more sad fountains  English SATB
• Edward German — Sleeping  English SATB
• Cecil Armstrong Gibbs — Tears  English SATB
• Charles Hubert Hastings Parry — Weep you no more  English Solo Tenor
• George Rathbone — Weep you no more  English SATB
• Frank Valentine Van der Stucken — Weep no more, sad fountains  English SATB
• David Christmas Williams — Weep you no more, sad fountains  English SATB

Text and translations

English text 1  Weep you no more, sad fountains; What need you flow so fast? Look how the snowy mountains Heav'n's sun doth gently waste. But my sun's heav'nly eyes View not your weeping That now lies sleeping, Softly, softly, now softly lies sleeping. 2  Sleep is a reconciling, A rest that Peace begets. Doth not the sun rise smiling When fair at e'en he sets? Rest you then, rest, sad eyes, Melt not in weeping while she lies sleeping, Softly, softly, now softly lies sleeping.

Catalan translation 1  No ploreu més, tristes fonts; Perquè heu de brollar tan ràpid? Mireu com les muntanyes nevades, el sol celest, gentilment desgasta. Però els meus ulls de sol celest no veuen el vostre plor, que ara jeu adormida, dolçament, dolçament, ara jeu adormida. 2  El son és una conciliació, un repòs que la pau engendra. Però no hi ha alba de sol somrient quan surt per la plana? Reposeu doncs, reposeu tristos ulls, no us fongueu en el plor mentre ella jeu adormida, dolçament, dolçament, ara jeu adormida.