A sé stesso | Poi che nacqui mortale

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Translation © by Amelia Maria Imbarrato

Weil ich sterblich bin geboren

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Greek (Ελληνικά)

Our translations: ENG ITA

Weil ich sterblich bin geboren,
Um den Lebensweg zu wandern:
Kann ich zwar die Bahn bestimmen,
Die ich schon durchlaufen habe,
Aber nicht, wieviel mir übrig.
Nun so laßt mich denn, ihr Sorgen,
Nichts hab' ich mit euch zu schaffen!
Scherzen, lachen, tanzen will ich
Mit dem schönen Gott der Reben,
Eh' der Tod mich überraschet.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• C. Loewe

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Confirmed with Anakreons Gedichte, nebst zwey andern anakreontischen Gedichten, und den Oden der Sappho. Aus dem Griechischen in die Versarten des Originals übersetzt, Leipzig, bey Weidmanns Erben und Reich, 1776, page 55.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "An sich selbst" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE), "Εις εαυτον", appears in Odes, no. 24
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Auf sich selbst", 1815?, also set in Greek (Ελληνικά) [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (John H. Campbell) , "To thyself", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "A sé stesso", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2003-10-20
Line count: 10
Word count: 56

A sé stesso

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)

Poi che nacqui mortale,
per andare la via della vita,
posso conoscere il cammino
che ho già percorso,
ma non quanto me ne resta,
non quanto me ne resta,
quanto me ne resta ancora.
Quindi, lasciatemi ora, preoccupazioni,
non ho niente a che fare con voi!
Scherzare, ridere, ballare io voglio
col bel nume della vite,
prima che la morte mi sorprenda.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2006 by Amelia Maria Imbarrato, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "An sich selbst"
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Based on:

a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE), "Εις εαυτον", appears in Odes, no. 24
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2006-08-21
Line count: 12
Word count: 62