CRADLE SONGByRAPHAEL PATKANIANNightingale, oh, leave our garden,Where soft dews the blossoms steep;With thy litanies melodiousCome and sing my son to sleep!Nay, he sleeps not for thy chanting,And his weeping hath not ceased.Come not, nightingale! My darlingDoes not wish to be a priest.O thou thievish, clever jackdaw,That in coin findest thy joy,With thy tales of gold and profitCome and soothe my wailing boy!Nay, thy chatter does not lull him,And his crying is not stayed.Come not, jackdaw! for my darlingWill not choose the merchant’s trade.Wild dove, leave the fields and pasturesWhere thou grievest all day long;Come and bring my boy sweet slumberWith thy melancholy song!Still he weeps. Nay, come not hither,Plaintive songster, for I seeThat he loves not lamentations,And no mourner will he be.Leave thy chase, brave-hearted falcon!Haply he thy song would hear.And the boy lay hushed, and slumbered,With the war-notes in his ear.Translated by Alice Stone Blackwell.
CRADLE SONGByRAPHAEL PATKANIANNightingale, oh, leave our garden,Where soft dews the blossoms steep;With thy litanies melodiousCome and sing my son to sleep!Nay, he sleeps not for thy chanting,And his weeping hath not ceased.Come not, nightingale! My darlingDoes not wish to be a priest.O thou thievish, clever jackdaw,That in coin findest thy joy,With thy tales of gold and profitCome and soothe my wailing boy!Nay, thy chatter does not lull him,And his crying is not stayed.Come not, jackdaw! for my darlingWill not choose the merchant’s trade.Wild dove, leave the fields and pasturesWhere thou grievest all day long;Come and bring my boy sweet slumberWith thy melancholy song!Still he weeps. Nay, come not hither,Plaintive songster, for I seeThat he loves not lamentations,And no mourner will he be.Leave thy chase, brave-hearted falcon!Haply he thy song would hear.And the boy lay hushed, and slumbered,With the war-notes in his ear.Translated by Alice Stone Blackwell.
CRADLE SONG
ByRAPHAEL PATKANIANNightingale, oh, leave our garden,Where soft dews the blossoms steep;With thy litanies melodiousCome and sing my son to sleep!Nay, he sleeps not for thy chanting,And his weeping hath not ceased.Come not, nightingale! My darlingDoes not wish to be a priest.O thou thievish, clever jackdaw,That in coin findest thy joy,With thy tales of gold and profitCome and soothe my wailing boy!Nay, thy chatter does not lull him,And his crying is not stayed.Come not, jackdaw! for my darlingWill not choose the merchant’s trade.Wild dove, leave the fields and pasturesWhere thou grievest all day long;Come and bring my boy sweet slumberWith thy melancholy song!Still he weeps. Nay, come not hither,Plaintive songster, for I seeThat he loves not lamentations,And no mourner will he be.Leave thy chase, brave-hearted falcon!Haply he thy song would hear.And the boy lay hushed, and slumbered,With the war-notes in his ear.Translated by Alice Stone Blackwell.
ByRAPHAEL PATKANIAN
Nightingale, oh, leave our garden,Where soft dews the blossoms steep;With thy litanies melodiousCome and sing my son to sleep!Nay, he sleeps not for thy chanting,And his weeping hath not ceased.Come not, nightingale! My darlingDoes not wish to be a priest.O thou thievish, clever jackdaw,That in coin findest thy joy,With thy tales of gold and profitCome and soothe my wailing boy!Nay, thy chatter does not lull him,And his crying is not stayed.Come not, jackdaw! for my darlingWill not choose the merchant’s trade.Wild dove, leave the fields and pasturesWhere thou grievest all day long;Come and bring my boy sweet slumberWith thy melancholy song!Still he weeps. Nay, come not hither,Plaintive songster, for I seeThat he loves not lamentations,And no mourner will he be.Leave thy chase, brave-hearted falcon!Haply he thy song would hear.And the boy lay hushed, and slumbered,With the war-notes in his ear.
Nightingale, oh, leave our garden,Where soft dews the blossoms steep;With thy litanies melodiousCome and sing my son to sleep!Nay, he sleeps not for thy chanting,And his weeping hath not ceased.Come not, nightingale! My darlingDoes not wish to be a priest.
Nightingale, oh, leave our garden,
Where soft dews the blossoms steep;
With thy litanies melodious
Come and sing my son to sleep!
Nay, he sleeps not for thy chanting,
And his weeping hath not ceased.
Come not, nightingale! My darling
Does not wish to be a priest.
O thou thievish, clever jackdaw,That in coin findest thy joy,With thy tales of gold and profitCome and soothe my wailing boy!Nay, thy chatter does not lull him,And his crying is not stayed.Come not, jackdaw! for my darlingWill not choose the merchant’s trade.
O thou thievish, clever jackdaw,
That in coin findest thy joy,
With thy tales of gold and profit
Come and soothe my wailing boy!
Nay, thy chatter does not lull him,
And his crying is not stayed.
Come not, jackdaw! for my darling
Will not choose the merchant’s trade.
Wild dove, leave the fields and pasturesWhere thou grievest all day long;Come and bring my boy sweet slumberWith thy melancholy song!Still he weeps. Nay, come not hither,Plaintive songster, for I seeThat he loves not lamentations,And no mourner will he be.
Wild dove, leave the fields and pastures
Where thou grievest all day long;
Come and bring my boy sweet slumber
With thy melancholy song!
Still he weeps. Nay, come not hither,
Plaintive songster, for I see
That he loves not lamentations,
And no mourner will he be.
Leave thy chase, brave-hearted falcon!Haply he thy song would hear.And the boy lay hushed, and slumbered,With the war-notes in his ear.
Leave thy chase, brave-hearted falcon!
Haply he thy song would hear.
And the boy lay hushed, and slumbered,
With the war-notes in his ear.
Translated by Alice Stone Blackwell.