Italian (Italiano) translations of Zwei Lieder für 1 Mittelstimme mit Pianoforte, opus 98

by Friedrich [Fritz] Kirchner (1840 - 1907)

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1. Berg' und Burgen schaun herunter  [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich [Fritz] Kirchner (1840 - 1907), "Berg' und Burgen schaun herunter", op. 98 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Mittelstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1884 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Berg' und Burgen schaun herunter
in den spiegelhellen Rhein,
und mein Schiffchen segelt munter,
rings umglänzt von Sonnenschein.

Ruhig seh' ich zu dem Spiele
goldner Wellen, kraus bewegt;
still erwachen die Gefühle,
die ich tief im Busen hegt'.

Freundlich grüssend und verheißend
lockt hinab des Stromes Pracht;
doch ich kenn' ihn, oben gleißend,
birgt sein Innres Tod und Nacht.

Oben Lust, im Busen Tücken,
Strom, du bist der Liebsten Bild!
Die kann auch so freundlich nicken,
lächelt auch so fromm und mild.

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Montagne e castelli guardano quaggiù
nel Reno chiaro come uno specchio,
e la mia barchetta naviga dolcemente,
intorno resa splendida dal sole.

Tranquillo guardo il gioco
delle onde dorate, che si muovono increspandosi;
in silenzio si destano i sentimenti
che serbavo nel profondo del cuore.

Con amico saluto e promesse
mi guarda seducente lo splendore dell'acqua;
ma io so che al di sopra riluce
e dentro nasconde morte e notte.

All'apparenza gioia, in petto inganno,
fiume, tu sei il ritratto della mia amata!
Anche lei mi guarda amica,
sorride, e sembra così buona e dolce.

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Montagne e castelli guardano quaggiù

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2. Mondnacht  [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich [Fritz] Kirchner (1840 - 1907), "Mondnacht", op. 98 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Mittelstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1884 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es war, als [hätt']1 der Himmel,
Die Erde still geküßt,
Daß sie im Blütenschimmer
Von ihm [nun]2 träumen müßt.

Die Luft ging durch die Felder,
Die Ähren wogten sacht,
Es rauschten leis die Wälder,
So sternklar war die Nacht.

Und meine Seele spannte
Weit ihre Flügel aus,
Flog [durch]3 die stillen [Lande]4,
Als flöge sie nach Haus.

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Note for line 1: on the repetition in Thuille's song, "hätt'" becomes "hätte".

1 Hutter: "ob"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Brahms, Schumann: "nur"
3 Thuille: "über"
4 Brahms: "Räume"

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
2. Notte di luna
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Era come se il cielo avesse
baciato in silenzio la terra,
ed essa nello splendore dei fiori
dovesse sognare lui solo.

L'aria  spirava pei campi,
le spiche ondeggiavano lievi,
stormivano piano i boschi,
così chiara di stelle era la notte.

E la mia anima spiegò
ampie le ali,
volò per le lande silenziose
come se volasse verso casa.

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