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Da sitz' ich ohne Bogen Und starre in den Sand. Was that ich dir, Ulysses? Daß du sie mir entwandt Die Waffe, die [dem Feinde]1 Des Todes Bothe war; Die auf der wüsten Insel Mir Unterhalt gebar. Es rauschen Vögelschwärme Mir [übers greise]2 Haupt; Ich greife nach dem Bogen - Umsonst - er ist geraubt. Aus dichtem Busche raschelt Der braune Hirsch hervor: Ich strecke leere Arme Zur Nemesis empor. Du schlauer König scheue Der Göttin Rächerblick! Erbarme dich - und stelle Den Bogen mir zurück.
Confirmed with Gedichte von Johann Mayrhofer. Wien. Bey Friedrich Volke. 1824, pages 152-153.
1 Schubert: "den Trojern"2 Schubert: "über'm greisen"
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Philoktet" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Philoktet", D 540 (1817), published 1831 [ voice, piano ], A. Diabelli & Co., VN 3708, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Filoctetes", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Philoctetes", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Philoctetes", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Philoctète", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Filottete", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 85
Sec aquí sense el meu arc i esguardo la sorra. Què t’he fet Ulisses perquè me l’hagis robat? L’arma que fou l’emissari de la mort dels troians i que, en aquesta illa deserta, em donà sustentació. Vols d’ocells brunzinen damunt el meu vell cap; debades vull prendre el meu arc, m’ha estat robat! D’espessos matolls remoreja el cérvol bru: alço els meus braços buits vers Nèmesi. Tu, rei astut, redubta l’esguard venjatiu de la deessa! Tingues pietat i retorna’m l’arc.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2017 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Philoktet"
This text was added to the website: 2017-05-01
Line count: 20
Word count: 80