Weep you no more

Settings by composers

• John Dowland T solo & SATB
• Charles Hubert Hastings Parry T solo

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Edward German — Sleeping
• Cecil Armstrong Gibbs — Tears
• George Rathbone — Weep you no more
• Frank Valentine Van der Stucken — Weep no more, sad fountains
• David Christmas Williams — Weep you no more, sad fountains

Text and translations

English text 1  Weep you no more, sad fountains; What need you flow so fast? Look how the snowy mountains Heav'n's sun doth gently waste. But my sun's heav'nly eyes View not your weeping That now lies sleeping, Softly, softly, now softly lies sleeping. 2  Sleep is a reconciling, A rest that Peace begets. Doth not the sun rise smiling When fair at e'en he sets? Rest you then, rest, sad eyes, Melt not in weeping while she lies sleeping, Softly, softly, now softly lies sleeping.

Catalan translation 1  No ploreu més, tristes fonts; Perquè heu de brollar tan ràpid? Mireu com les muntanyes nevades, el sol celest, gentilment desgasta. Però els meus ulls de sol celest no veuen el vostre plor, que ara jeu adormida, dolçament, dolçament, ara jeu adormida. 2  El son és una conciliació, un repòs que la pau engendra. Però no hi ha alba de sol somrient quan surt per la plana? Reposeu doncs, reposeu tristos ulls, no us fongueu en el plor mentre ella jeu adormida, dolçament, dolçament, ara jeu adormida.