Lay a garland (Robert Lucas Pearsall)
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- CPDL #337:
Finale 1998.
- Editor: Rafael Ornes (added 1999-05-26). Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 124 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes:
General Information
Title: Lay a Garland
Composer: Robert Lucas Pearsall
Number of voices: 8vv Voicing: SSAATTBB
Genre: Secular, Partsongs
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published:
Description:
External websites: performance by the dwsChorale
Original text and translations
English text
- Lay a garland on her hearse
- of (the) dismal yew.
- Maidens, willow branches wear,
- say she died true.
- Her love was false, but she was firm
- (from her hour of birth.)
- Upon her buried body lie
- lightly, thou gentle earth.
- Francis Beaumont (ca. 1584-1616)
- John Fletcher (1579-1625)
note: The words inside the brackets belong to the original poem by Beaumont and Fletcher, but have been left out in the composition. The word "thou" in the last line has been added in the composition.
German translation
- Legt den Kranz von dunkler Eibe
- sachte auf ihr Grab;
- Weidenzweige bringt, ihr Mädchen,
- sagt, wie treu sie starb.
- Untreu war ihr Lieb, doch sie war
- aufrecht immerzu.
- Ihren Leib, o Erde, bette
- sanft zur ew'gen Ruh.
poetic translation: Jan-Frerk Burmester, Copyright 2007. If you want to use this text for any public purpose, please contact: jf.burmester(a)web.de
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