When we two parted (Jeremy Rawson)

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• (Posted 2023-05-07)  CPDL #73719:   

Editor: Jeremy Rawson (submitted 2023-05-07).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 147 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: When We Two Parted
Composer: Jeremy Rawson
Lyricist: Lord Byron
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 2023
Description: A setting of Lord Byron's poem

Original text and translations

English text

When we two parted
   In silence and tears,
Half broken-hearted
   To sever for years,
Pale grew thy cheek and cold,
   Colder thy kiss;
Truly that hour foretold
   Sorrow to this.

The dew of the morning
   Sunk chill on my brow—
It felt like the warning
   Of what I feel now.
Thy vows are all broken,
   And light is thy fame;
I hear thy name spoken,
   And share in its shame.

They name thee before me,
   A knell to mine ear;
A shudder comes o'er me—
   Why wert thou so dear?
They know not I knew thee,
   Who knew thee too well—
Long, long shall I rue thee,
   Too deeply to tell.

In secret we met—
   In silence I grieve,
That thy heart could forget,
   Thy spirit deceive.
If I should meet thee
   After long years,
How should I greet thee?—
   With silence and tears.