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Waldgottheiten
Translations © by Bertram Kottmann
Song Cycle by Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936)
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S'odono al monte i saltellanti rivi Murmureggiare per le forre astruse, S'odono al bosco gemer cornamuse Con garrito di pifferi giulivi. E i fauni in corsa per dumeti e clivi, Erti le corna sulle fronti ottuse, Bevono per lor nari camuse Filtri sottili e zeffiri lascivi. E, mentre in fondo al gran coro alberato Piange d'amore per la vita bella La sampogna dell'arcade pastore, Contenta e paurosa dell'agguato, Fugge ogni ninfa più che fiera snella, Ardendo in bocca come ardente fiore.
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Man hört in den Bergen die hüpfenden Bäche; sie murmeln durch verborgene Schluchten. Man hört in den Wäldern den Dudelsack schnarren, das Zwitschern der heitern Schalmeien. Und die Faune, über buschige Anhöhen eilend, das Horn steil auf der dumpfen Stirn, ziehen durch ihre platten Nüstern feinen Liebestrank und wollüstige Winde. Und unter dem großen Chor der Bäume weint aus Liebe zum Leben, dem schönen, die Flöte des arkadischen Hirten. Froh, doch in Furcht vor dem Hinterhalt, flieht jede Nymphe, schneller als ranke Gazellen, glühenden Mundes, wie lohende Blüten.
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Uno squillo di cròtali clangenti Rompe in ritmo il silenzio dei roseti, Mentre in fondo agli aulenti orti segreti Gorgheggia un flauto liquidi lamenti. La melodia, con tintinnio d'argenti, Par che a vicenda s'attristi e s'allieti, Ora luce di tremiti inquieti, Or diffondendo lunghe ombre dolenti: Cròtali arguti e canne variotocche!, Una gioia di cantici inespressi Per voi par che dai chiusi orti rampolli, E in sommo dei rosai, che cingon molli Ghirlande al cuor degli intimi recessi, S'apron le rose come molli bocche!
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Der helle Laut der Kastagnetten zerreißt des Rosengartens Stille, indes aus seiner duftgeheimnisvollen Tiefe der Flöte Klagetriller strömen. Die Melodie, ein silbern Klingen, zuweilen heiter, manchmal traurig, im ruhelosen Flimmerlichte, das lange schmerzerfüllte Schatten wirft: klirrende Kastagnetten und vielgestaltig Spiel der Flöten! Unausgedrückte Freud’ in Liedern sprießt aus den verschlossnen Gärten, und oben an den Rosenstöcken, geheimste Winkel mit Girlanden kränzend, öffnen Blüten sich, wie weiche Lippen!
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Frondeggia il bosco d'uberi verzure, Volgendo i rii zaffiro e margherita: Per gli archi verdi un'anima romita Cinge pallidi fuochi a ridde oscure. E in te ristretta con le mani pure Come le pure fonti della vita, Di sole e d'ombre mobili vestita Tu danzi, Egle, con languide misure. E a te candida e bionda tra li ninfe, D'ilari ambagi descrivendo il verde, Sotto i segreti ombracoli del verde, Ove la più inquïeta ombra s'attrista, Perle squillanti e liquido ametista Volge la gioia roca delle linfe.
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In dichtem Laube steht der Wald und schwer von Früchten, die Flüsse wandeln sich in weiße Blüten und Saphir: Unter den grünen Bögen kreist eine verlassene Seele in düsterem Reigen um fahle Feuer. Wie die klaren Quellen des Lebens, in Sonn’licht und flackernde Schatten gekleidet, tanzest du, Aigle, in trägem Takt. Und nahe dir, hellweiß und blond zwischen Nymphen, in heiterem Schweifen das Blattwerk nachzeichnend, unter des Laubes Schattengeheimnis, wo der rastloseste Schatten trauert, in schimmernden Perlen und flüssigen Kristallen fließt der Lymphen1 raue Freude.
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View original text (without footnotes)Translator's note about the title "Aigle": von Αἴγλη = „Glanz“, „Strahlen“ ist in der griechischen Mythologie die schönste der Najaden = Quellnymphen
1 lympha ‚klares Wasser‘; lymphae: römische Gottheiten des klaren Wassers
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Acqua, e tu ancora sul tuo flauto lene Intonami un tuo canto variolungo, Di cui le note abbian l'odor del fungo, Del musco e dell'esiguo capelvenere, Sì che per tutte le sottili vene, Onde irrighi la fresca solitudine, Il tuo riscintillio rida e sublùdii Al gemmar delle musiche serene. Acqua, e, lungh'essi i calami volubili Movendo in gioco le cerulee dita, Avvicenda più lunghe ombre alle luci, Tu che con modi labii deduci Sulla mia fronte intenta e sulla vita Del verde fuggitive ombre di nubi.
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Ein weiter Mal spielt deine sanfte Flöte mir deinen wandelbaren Sang, des’ Noten dem Geruch von Pilzen gleichen, von Moos und feinem Venushaar, so dass entlang aller Rinnsale, die diese kühle Abgeschiedenheit bewässern, dein glitzernd’ Funkeln lacht und rieselt mit den Juwelen heiterer Musik. Wasser, an dem wankelmüt’ge Halme spielerisch die himmelblauen Finger rühren im steten Wechsel läng’rer Schatten und des Lichts, du, das in unbeständ’ger Weise auf meine nachdenkliche Stirn und auf das Sein des Grüns flüchtige Wolkenschatten spiegelt.
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Nell'orto abbandonato ora l'edace Muschio contende all'ellere i recessi, E tra il coro snelletto dei cipressi S'addorme in grembo dell'antica pace Pan. Sul vasto marmoreo torace, Che i convolvoli infiorano d'amplessi, Un tempo forse con canti sommessi Piegò una ninfa il bel torso procace. Deità della terra, forza lieta!, Troppo pensiero è nella tua vecchiezza: Per sempre inaridita è la tua fonte. Muore il giorno, e nell'alta ombra inquïeta Trema e s'attrista un canto d'allegrezza: Lunghe ombre azzurre scendono dal monte...
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Im verlassenen Garten kämpft das gefräßig’ Moos mit Efeuranken selbst um jeden Winkel, und im Hain schlanker Zypressen schläft im Schoß antiken Friedens, Pan. Über die mächtige marmorne Brust, von Windenblüten reich geschmückt, beugt vielleicht einst mit leisem Singen eine Nymphe den reizenden Leib. Gottheit der Erde, freudige Macht! Zu besorgt bist du geworden, alt wie du bist: Für immer ist dein Quell versiegt. Der Tag erstirbt und durch die flackernden, tiefen Schatten weht zitternd ein fröhliches Lied, das traurig wird: Lange blaue Schatten steigen vom Hügel herab …
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