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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
Qui sto senz'arco, in mezzo alla sabbia. Che ti ho fatto, Ulisse, che tu me l'hai portato via? L'arma che fu messaggio di morte ai troiani, che sull'isola deserta mi faceva vivere. Sento passare stormi d'uccelli sulla mia testa grigia, cerco l'arco - invano, mi è stato rubato! Da questi cespugli, il fruscio del cervo bruno: io levo le braccia vuote alla Nemesi. Tu, re astuto, temi lo sguardo vindice della dea! Abbi pietà, e ridammi l'arco.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2008 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 Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Philoktet"
This text was added to the website: 2008-07-17
Line count: 20
Word count: 76