Henry Purcell : O Solitude Z406 (오! 고독이여)/ Paul Agnew, tenor

 

 Purcell : O Solitude Z406 (오! 고독이여)

 

Paul Agnew, tenor
Anne-Marie Lasla, viola da gamba
Elizabeth Kenny, lute
Blandine Rannou, clavecin

 

 

Henry Purcell
O Solitude / Elend

O Solitude 
Lyrics from La Solitude de St. Amant
translated in 1651 by Katherine Philips(1631~1664)

Language: English

O solitude, my sweetest choice!
Places devoted to the night,
Remote from tumult and from noise,
How ye my restless thoughts delight!
O solitude, my sweetest choice!
O heav'ns! what content is mine
To see these trees, which have appear'd
From the nativity of time,
And which all ages have rever'd,
To look today as fresh and green
As when their beauties first were seen.
O, how agreeable a sight
These hanging mountains do appear,
Which th' unhappy would invite
To finish all their sorrows here,
When their hard fate makes them endure
Such woes as only death can cure.
O, how I solitude adore!
That element of noblest wit,
Where I have learnt Apollo's lore,
Without the pains to study it.
For thy sake I in love am grown
With what thy fancy does pursue;
But when I think upon my own,
I hate it for that reason too,
Because it needs must hinder me
From seeing and from serving thee.
O solitude, O how I solitude adore!


오 고독! 나의 가장 달콤한 선택!
오 고독! 오 고독! 나의 가장 달콤한 선택!
어둠의 밤에 바쳐진 장소,
소란과 소음에서 떨어진,
끊임없는 생각들을 얼마나 즐기는가!
오 고독! 오 고독! 나의 가장 달콤한 선택!
오 하늘이여! 오 고독! 나의 가장 달콤한 선택!
 

                              Paul Agnew, tenor