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Shy one, shy one, Shy one of my heart, She moves in the firelight Pensively apart. She carries in the dishes, And lays them in a row. To an isle in the water With her would I go. She carries in the candles, And lights the curtained room, Shy in the doorway And shy in the gloom; And shy as a rabbit, Helpful and shy. To an isle in the water, With her [would I]1 fly.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Yeats, William Butler. The Wanderings of Oisin: Dramatic Sketches, Ballads & Lyrics, T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1892, page 135.
1 Clarke: "I would"
Authorship:
- by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), "To an isle in the water", appears in The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems, first published 1889 [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 Allan Blank (b. 1925), "To an Isle in the Water" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by (William) Havergal Brian (1876 - 1972), "To an Isle in the Water", published <<1940 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rebecca Clarke (1886 - 1979), "Shy one", 1912, published 1920 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Steven Ebel , "My shy one", 2010 [ chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joseph Eidson , "To an isle in the water", 2013 [ soprano (or tenor) and piano ], from Amhráin as an Linn Dubh. Songs From the Black Pool , no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Lee Hoiby (1926 - 2011), "To an Isle in the Water", 1950 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Phoebe Wynn Johnson , "To an Isle in the Water", published 1921 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christopher Kaye Le Fleming (b. 1908), "To an Isle in the Water", published 1931 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by (James) Albert Mallinson (1870 - 1946), "To an Isle in the Water", published 1907 [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ellen Mandel , "To an Isle in the Water" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "To An Isle In The Water", op. 623 (1962) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eugene John Weigel (1910 - 1998), "To an Isle in the Water", published 1950 [ SSA chorus a cappella ], from Four songs for women's voices [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emerson Whithorne (1884 - 1958), "Shy one", published <<1940 [sung text not yet checked]
- by (James) Healey Willan (1880 - 1968), "To an Isle in the Water", published 1926 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Vers une île au milieu de l'eau", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 76
Timide, timide, Timide de mon cœur, Elle se déplace dans la lumière du feu Dans ses pensées, à part. Elle apporte les plats Et les aligne. Vers une île dans l'eau Avec elle je voudrais aller. Elle apporte les bougies, Et éclaire la pièce garnie de rideaux, Timide dans l'embrasure de la porte Et timide dans l'obscurité. Et timide comme un lapin, Serviable et timide, Vers une île au milieu de l'eau Avec elle je voudrais m'envoler.
Authorship:
- Translation from English to French (Français) copyright © 2011 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in English by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), "To an isle in the water", appears in The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems, first published 1889
This text was added to the website: 2011-01-26
Line count: 16
Word count: 77