by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by François-Victor Hugo (1828 - 1873)
Come, seeling night
Language: English
Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day, And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale! Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood; Good things of day begin to droop and drowse, Whiles night's black agents to their preys do rouse.
Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), appears in Macbeth, Act III, Scene 2 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ruth Marie Anderson , "Come, seeling night", op. 1 no. 3 (1946), copyright © 1947 [medium voice and piano], LCC #EU 66059 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Andrea Maffei) , no title, first published 1863
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2011-06-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 59
Viens, noir fauconnier de la nuit
Language: French (Français)  after the English
Viens, noir fauconnier de la nuit, bande les yeux sensibles du jour compatissant, et, de ta main sanglante et invisible, arrache et mets en pièces le fil de cette grande existence qui me fait pâlir !… La lumière s’obscurcit, et le corbeau vole vers son bois favori ; les bonnes créatures du jour commencent à s’assoupir et à dormir, tandis que les noirs agents de la nuit se dressent vers leur proie.
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Authorship:
- by François-Victor Hugo (1828 - 1873), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), appears in Macbeth, Act III, Scene 2
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2016-01-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 72