by
Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
When they come back ‑‑ if Blossoms do
Language: English
Available translation(s): CAT FRE GER ITA
When they come back -- if Blossoms do --
I always feel a doubt
If Blossoms can be born again
When once the Art is out --
When they begin, if Robins [may]1,
I always had a fear
I did not tell, it was their last Experiment
Last Year,
When it is May, if May return,
[Had]2 nobody a pang
Lest [in]3 a Face so beautiful
[He]4 might not look again?
If I am there -- One does not know
What Party -- One may be
Tomorrow, but if I am there
I take back all I say --
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1 Copland: "do"
2 Coulthard: "Hath", Copland: "Has"
3 Coulthard, Copland: "on"
4 Copland: "We"
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Quan elles retornin", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Quand elles reviennent, si les fleurs reviennent", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 16
Word count: 93
Quando fanno ritorno ‑‑ se questo accade...
Language: Italian (Italiano)  after the English
Quando fanno ritorno -- se questo accade ai fiori --
io torno a dubitare
se potranno rinascere i fiori
quando sia morta l'Arte --
Quando ritorna al canto, se lo può il pettirosso,
riprovo una paura,
che non si può raccontare, che l'ultima sua prova
sia stata l'anno scorso.
Quando maggio arriva, se maggio fa ritorno,
avverte qualcuno una fitta
pensando che un così bel volto
potrebbe non ammirare ancora?
Se sarò là -- non si può mai sapere
di quale compagnia -- si farà parte
domani, ma se sarò là
tutto quello che ho detto lo ritiro --
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This text was added to the website: 2011-09-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 93