by
James Joyce (1882 - 1941)
Love came to us in time gone by
Language: English
Available translation(s): FRE GER
Love came to us in time gone by
When one at twilight shyly played
And one in fear was standing nigh -- -
For Love at first is all afraid.
We were grave lovers. Love is past
That had his sweet hours many a one;
Welcome to us now at the last
The ways that we shall go upon.
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Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ross Lee Finney (1906 - 1997), "Love came to us in time gone by", 1952, published 1985, first performed 1975 [voice and piano], from Chamber Music, no. 30, Henmar Press [
text not verified
]
- by Jack Marius Jarrett (b. 1934), "Love came to us in time gone by", 1962 [satb chorus and piano], from Songs about the end of love [
text not verified
]
- by Barry Seaman (b. 1946), "Love came to us in time gone by", 1981 [voice and piano], from Chamber Music Book I, no. 3. [
text not verified
]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Beate Binnig) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-24
Line count: 8
Word count: 58
L'amour est venu à nous en un temps qui...
Language: French (Français)  after the English
L'amour est venu à nous en un temps qui est passé
Quand l'un jouait timidement au crépuscule
Et l'autre plein de crainte se tenait tout près --
Car l'amour au début est tout craintif.
Nous étions des amants graves. L'amour est passé
Lui qui a eu maintes douces heures pour lui,
Bienvenus à nous maintenant enfin
Les chemins que nous prendrons.
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This text was added to the website: 2009-11-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 60