Wilt thou unkind thus reave me (John Dowland)

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General Information

Title: Wilt thou unkind thus reave me
Composer: John Dowland

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SecularLute song

Language: English
Instruments: Lute

Published: The First Booke of Songs or Ayres (1597), no. 15

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Original text and translations

English.png English text

1. Wilt thou unkind thus reave me
Of my heart, of my heart, and so leave me?
Farewell: Farewell,
But yet or e'er I part (O cruell)
Kisse me sweet, sweet my jewell.
2. Hope by disdaine growess cheerelesse,
Feare doth love, love doth feare, beauty peerelesse.
Farewell…
3. If no delayes can move thee,
Life shall die, death shall live still to love thee.
Farewell…
4. Yet be thou mindfull ever,
Heat from fire, fire from heat none can sever.
Farewell…
5. True love cannot be changed,
Though delight from desert be estranged.
Farewell…

Polish.png Polish translation

by Stanisław Jonczyk

1. Czy zwiędnę, kiedy mnie ograbisz
Z mego serca, z serca mego i tak pozostawisz?
Do zobaczenia, do widzenia
Lecz nim na wieczność odjadę (Zły losie!),
Pocałuj mnie słodko, słodki klejnocie.
2. Nadzieja przez wzgardę jest radości zbawiana,
Strach miłuje, miłość się boi piękności niezrównanej.
Do zobaczenia…
3. Jeśli żadna przeszkoda nie może tego zmienić,
Niech umrze życie, a śmierć niech żyje, by nadal cię cenić.
Do zobaczenia…
4. Lecz nie zapomnij, co niegdyś mędrcy powiedzieli,
Dymu i ognia, ognia i dymu, nie można rozdzielić.
Do zobaczenia…
5. Miłość prawdziwa pozostaje niezmienną
Na zawsze, choć w samotności, nie jest codzienną.
Do zobaczenia…