Catalan (Català) translations of Sechs Gesänge, opus 11

by Berthold Damcke (1812 - 1875)

1. Der alte König  [sung text not yet checked]
by Berthold Damcke (1812 - 1875), "Der alte König", op. 11 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 2
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es war ein alter König,
sein Herz war schwer, sein [Haupt]1 war grau;
der arme alte König,
er nahm eine junge Frau.

Es war ein [schöner]2 Page,
blond war sein [Haupt]3, leicht war sein Sinn;
er trug die [seid'ne]4 Schleppe
der jungen Königin.

Kennst du das alte Liedchen?
Es klingt so süß, es klingt so trüb!
Sie mußten beide sterben,
sie hatten sich viel zu lieb.

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Confirmed with Neue Gedichte von H. Heine, Zweite Auflage, Hamburg, bei Hoffmann und Campe, 1844, page 28.

1 Diepenbrock: "Haar"
2 Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Zemlinsky: "junger"
3 Wolfrum: "Haar"
4 Goldschmidt: "seidene"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
1.
Language: Catalan (Català) 
Hi havia un rei molt vell,
el seu cor feixuc, els seus cabells grisos;
el pobre rei ancià
es casà amb una dona jove.

Hi havia un bell patge,
rossos els seus cabells, lleuger el seu seny;
portava la cua del vestit de seda
de la jove reina.

Coneixes la vella cançó?
Sona tan dolça, sona tan trista!
Hagueren de morir tots dos,
car s’estimaven massa.

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Translation of title "Das alte Lied = "La vella cançó"


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2. Das Abbild  [sung text not yet checked]
by Berthold Damcke (1812 - 1875), "Das Abbild", op. 11 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 3, published 1838
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wie des Mondes Abbild zittert
In den wilden Meereswogen,
Und er selber still und sicher
Wandelt an dem Himmelsbogen:

Also wandelst du, Geliebte,
Still und sicher, und es zittert
Nur dein Abbild mir im Herzen,
Weil mein eig'nes Herz erschüttert.

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Confirmed with Neue Gedichte von Heinrich Heine, Zehnte Auflage, Hamburg, Hoffmann und Campe, 1871, page 29.

Note: Moór's setting has a typo in the score in stanza 2, line 3, word 1 ("mir")


by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
2. El reflex
Language: Catalan (Català) 
Com tremola el reflex de la lluna
damunt les furients ones del mar,
mentre ella tranquil·la i segura
es mou pel firmament:

tu també et mous, estimada,
tranquil·la i segura, i és només
el teu reflex que tremola al meu pit,
car fa trontollar el meu propi cor.

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Translations of title(s):
"Das Abbild" = "El reflex"
"Wie des Mondes Abbild" = "Com el reflex de la lluna"
"Wie des Mondes Abbild zittert" = "Com tremola el reflex de la lluna"



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3. Wanderers Nachtlied  [sung text not yet checked]
by Berthold Damcke (1812 - 1875), "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 11 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 4
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Der du [von dem Himmel]1 bist,
[Alles Leid]2 und Schmerzen [stillest]3,
Den, der doppelt elend ist,
Doppelt mit [Erquickung füllest]4,
Ach ich bin des Treibens müde!
[Was soll all der Schmerz und Lust?]5
Süßer Friede,
Komm, ach komm in meine Brust!

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Confirmed with Goethe’s Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1827, page 109.

First published in Christliches Magazin Herausgegeben von Joh. Konrad Pfenninger, Dritter Band, 1780, page 243, with the musical setting by Ph. Ch. Kayser.

Notes
Line 1: Backer-Grøndahl’s score has a comma after the first word (likely a typo)
Line 8: Backer-Grøndahl's score has a typo in word 5 ("meiner" instead of "meine")

1 Kirchner: "von den Himmeln"; Hiller, Milcke: "vom Himmel" (further changes may exist not shown above)
2 Rust: "Kummer, Leid"
3 Schubert: "stillst"
4 Schubert: "Entzückung füllst"
5 Rust: "Bangen Schmerzes, wilder Lust,"; Arnim and J. Marx: "Was soll all der Schmerz, die Lust?"

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
3.
Language: Catalan (Català) 
Tu que ets del cel,
que calmes totes les penes i els dolors,
a aquell, que és doblement dissortat,
doblement l’omples de reconfort,
ai! estic tan cansat de caminar!
Per a què tots aquests dolors i joies?
Dolça pau,
vine, ai, vine al meu cor!

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Translation of title "Wanderers Nachtlied I" = "El cant nocturnal del vianant I"


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