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Good-night? ah! no; the hour is ill Which severs those it should unite; Let us remain together still, Then it will be good night. How can I call the lone night good, Though thy sweet wishes wing its flight? Be it not said, thought, understood -- Then it will be -- good night. To hearts which near each other move From evening close to morning light, The night is good; because, my love, They never say good-night.
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Text Authorship:
- by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822), "Good-night" [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 George Joseph Oliver Allman , "Good night? ah no", published 1854 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Roger Ascham (1864 - 1934), "Good night", op. 22 (Twelve Songs with Pianoforte Accompaniment) no. 10 (1882-1899), published c1910 [ voice and piano ], London, Charles Vincent [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Claude Barton , "Good-night? ah! no; the hour is ill", published 1893 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wentworth Bennett , "Good-night? ah no", published 1886 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kate Boase , "Serenade", published 1900 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), "Good Night", CG. 386 (1871), published [1871] [ voice and piano ], London, Chappell [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Sir (1848 - 1918), "Good Night! ah! no; the hour is ill that severs those it should unite", 1881-1883, published 1885, from English Lyrics, First Set, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942) , "Доброй ночи" ; composed by Borys Mykolayovych Lyatoshynsky, Al. Dm. Malyshevskaya, Aleksey Vladimirovich Taskin.
- Also set in Ukrainian (Українська), a translation by Ivan Matveyevich Steshenko (1873 - 1918) ; composed by Borys Mykolayovych Lyatoshynsky.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický) , "Dobrou noc!", Prague, J. Otto, first published 1901
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Buona notte", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ROM Romanian (Română) (Panait Cema) , "Noapte bună (după Shelley)"
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This text was added to the website: 2005-01-26
Line count: 12
Word count: 76
Buona notte? Ah, no! Infelice è quell'ora che separare vuole chi dovrebbe unire, lascia che rimaniamo insieme ancora e allora "buona notte" potrò dire. Come posso chiamare la notte solitaria "buona" pure se il tuo dolce pensiero al suo volo fa ala? Che ciò non sia detto, inteso o pensato - la notte sarà buona solo in tal caso. Solo a quei cuori che si uniscono stretti dal calar della sera fino alla luce del giorno la notte è buona; perché, amor mio, la buona notte mai augurare dovranno.
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- Translation from English to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2013 by Ferdinando Albeggiani, (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 Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822), "Good-night"
This text was added to the website: 2013-09-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 88