Tonight, when there is no moon I lie awake wanting him so; Passion burns my heart.
A Thousand Years of Love
Song Cycle by Bruce Adolphe (b. 1955)
1. Tonight, when there is no moon [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Bruce Adolphe (b. 1955), "Tonight, when there is no moon", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Based on:
- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Ono no Komachi (c825 - c900) [text unavailable]
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2. What's wrong with me? [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
What's wrong with me? With this whole world full of men Why can I think only of you?
Text Authorship:
- by Bruce Adolphe (b. 1955), "What's wrong with me?", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
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3. O mistress mine [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
O mistress mine, where are you roaming? O stay and hear, your true love's coming That can sing both high and low. [Trip]1 no [further]2, pretty sweeting; [Journeys]3 end in lovers' meeting, Ev'ry wise man's son doth know. What is love? 'Tis not hereafter; Present mirth hath present laughter; What's to come is still unsure: [In]4 delay there lies no plenty; Then [come kiss]5 me, sweet and twenty; Youth's a stuff will not endure.
Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Twelfth Night: or, What You Will, Act II, Scene 3
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Paavo Cajander)
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo)
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (David Paley) , "O Fräulein meins! Woher du wanderst", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , "O mia signora", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POL Polish (Polski) (Józef Komierowski) , no title [an adaptation]
1 Korngold: "O trip"
2 [sic] ; and Hall: "farther"
3 Korngold: "For journeyes"
4 Korngold: "And in"
5 Korngold: "come and kiss"
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4. Luci serene e chiare [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Luci serene e chiare, Voi m'incendete, voi, ma [prova il]1 core Nell'incendio diletto, non dolore. Dolci parole e care, Voi mi ferite, voi, ma [prova il]1 petto Non dolor [nella]2 piaga, ma diletto. O miracol d'Amore! Alma [che è]3 tutta foco e tutta [sangue]4 Si [strugge e]5 non si duol, [more e]6 non langue.
Text Authorship:
- by Ridolfo Arlotti (1546 - 1613), no title, written 1603
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Bruce Adolphe) , "Eyes serene and clear", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Yeux sereins et clairs", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Heitere, funkelnde Augen", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
1 Adolphe, Monteverdi: "prov'il"
2 Adolphe, Monteverdi: "ne la"
3 Adolphe, Monteverdi: "ch'è"
4 Monteverdi: "sange"
5 Monteverdi: "strugg'e"
6 Adolphe: "mor' e"; Monteverdi: "muor e"
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5. Lean your cheek [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Lean your cheek, rest a moment on my drunken cheek So I may forget the war and cruelty inside me. You have opened the seven gates of heaven; Now lay Your hand on my tightened heart. All I have to offer is an illusion: my self. I’m not asking for some sweet pistachio candy; But your everlasting love. Fifty times I have said, “Heart, cease hunting. Step into this net.”
Text Authorship:
- by Bruce Adolphe (b. 1955), "Lean your cheek", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Based on:
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (1207 - 1273) [text unavailable]
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6. Were it undo [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
I loved a child of this countrie, And so I wend he had do me; Now myself the sooth I see. That he is far. Were it undo that is y-do. I would bewar. He said to me he would be true, And change me for none other new; Now I sykke and pale of hue For he is far. Were it undo that is y-do. I would bewar. He said his saws he would fulfil Therefore I let him have all his will; Now I sykke and mourne still For he is gone. Were it undo that is y-do. I would bewar.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, England, 15th century
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]7. In amerika [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: Yiddish (יידיש)
In amerika forn furn, Barg aruf, barg arop. Un az der bocher libt di meydl, Leygt er far ir di kop! In amerika bakt men beygl Oyf a gantsn yor. Un az der bocher libt di meydl, Nemt er ir on a kopke gelt!
Text Authorship:
- by Bruce Adolphe (b. 1955), copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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- ENG English (Bruce Adolphe) , copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Note: adapted from a 19th century anonymous Yiddish poem.
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8. Valley girl in love [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Once, I was like, You know...whatever! But then I met this guy. He’s like....Ah! I’m like....Ah! It’s so totally, You know. He’s in love with me: Not! Now, it’s so cool, Totally awesome! I’m so like totally... He’s like...Ah! I’m like...Ah! It’s so totally You know! I’m so totally... I’m like...I’m like... AH!
Text Authorship:
- by Bruce Adolphe (b. 1955), "Valley girl in love", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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9. Lunar Joe [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
It was down by a deep moon crater A few light-years ago, In the glow of a super nova That I met Lunar Joe. In his right hand he held my left, With his left hand he held my right; With his other hand he gently stroked my hair All through the purple night. He bid me leave my planet To visit a distant star; Together we would tool about In his intergalactic car. I gazed into his orange eyes And into his blue one, too; I said, “Although you’re the best of guys, I’m too young to give all to you.” Since then there have been a few suitors Some human, others not quite; But none has gently stroked my hair All through the purple night. Oh, Lunar Joe, I miss you so! I’ve loved no one but you! No one but you!
Text Authorship:
- by Bruce Adolphe (b. 1955), "Lunar Joe", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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10. Chanson d'amour [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: French (Français)
J'aime tes yeux, j'aime ton front, Ô ma rebelle, ô ma farouche, J'aime tes yeux, j'aime ta bouche Où mes baisers s'épuiseront. J'aime ta voix, j'aime l'étrange Grâce de tout ce que tu dis, Ô ma rebelle, ô mon cher ange, Mon enfer et mon paradis !1 J'aime tout ce qui te fait belle, De tes pieds jusqu'à tes cheveux, Ô toi vers qui montent mes [vœux, Ô ma farouche, ô ma rebelle !]2
Text Authorship:
- by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), "Chanson d'amour", appears in Le Pays de Roses, poésies nouvelles 1880-1882, in 3. Vers pour être chantés, Paris, G. Charpentier, first published 1882
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "Song of love", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Nele Gramß) , "Liebeslied", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Enrico Magnani) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Armand Silvestre, Le Pays des Roses. Poésies nouvelles 1880-1882, Paris, G. Charpentier, 1882, pages 123-124.
1 Adolphe adds "J'aime tes yeux, j'aime ton front."2 Adolphe: "vœux !"
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