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Italian (Italiano) translations of Acht Lieder und Gesänge für Alt mit Pianoforte, opus 20

by Halfdan Kjerulf (1815 - 1868)

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1. Sehnsucht  [sung text not yet checked]
by Halfdan Kjerulf (1815 - 1868), "Sehnsucht", op. 20 (Acht Lieder und Gesänge für Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 4, HK. 74 (1852), published 1869, rev. 1856 [ voice and piano ]
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich blick' in mein Herz und ich blick' in die Welt,
Bis [vom Auge die brennende]1 [Thräne mir fällt]2,
Wohl leuchtet die Ferne [mit goldenem]3 Licht,
Doch hält mich der Nord -- ich erreiche sie nicht --
O die Schranken so eng, und die Welt so weit,
Und so flüchtig die Zeit!

Ich weiß ein Land, wo [aus]4 sonnigem Grün
Um versunkene Tempel die Trauben [glühn]5,
Wo die purpurne Woge das Ufer beschäumt,
[Und]6 von kommenden Sängern der Lorbeer träumt;
Fern lockt es und winkt dem verlangenden Sinn,
Und ich kann nicht hin.

[Und]7 hätt' ich Flügel, durch's Blau der Luft
Wie wollt' ich baden im Sonnenduft!
Doch umsonst! Und Stunde auf Stunde entflieht --
Vertraure die Jugend -- begrabe das Lied --
O die Schranken so eng, und die Welt so weit,
Und so flüchtig die Zeit!

Text Authorship:

  • by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), "Sehnsucht"

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Emanuel Geibel, Neununddreißigste Auflage, Berlin, Verlag von Alexander Duncker, 1855, page 26. Note: modern German spelling would change "Thräne" to "Träne"

1 Schumann, Spohr: "von schwimmenden Auge die"; Walter: "vom schwimmenden Auge die"
2 Schnorr von Carolsfeld: "Träne fällt"
3 Schnorr von Carolsfeld: "im goldenen"
4 Schnorr von Carolsfeld: "in"
5 Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Walter: "blüh'n"
6 Schnorr von Carolsfeld: "Wo"
7 Schumann, Spohr, Walter: "O"

by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884)
1. Nostalgia
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
     Guardo nel mio cuore e guardo nel mondo,
[fin che dagli occhi non cada la lacrima ardente]1
splende lontano l'orizzonte di luce d'oro,
ma mi trattiene il Nord, non lo raggiungo.
Sono così stretti i limiti, e il mondo così vasto,
e così fuggevole il tempo!

    Conosco un paese dove nel verde assolato
brillano i grappoli sui templi sommersi,
dove l'onda purpurea schiuma sulla riva
e di futuri cantori sogna l'alloro.
Da lontano chiama il desiderio,
ed io non posso andarci.

    Oh, avessi le ali per volare nell'azzurro del cielo,
e bagnarmi nel profumo del sole!
Ma invano! E ora dopo ora il tempo passa,
piango la gioventù, sotterro il canto.
Sono così stretti i limiti, e il mondo così vasto,
e così fuggevole il tempo!

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  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2005 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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1 Schumann's version would be: "fin che dagli umidi occhi non cada la lacrima"


This text was added to the website: 2005-10-16
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Word count: 128

Translation © by Amelia Maria Imbarrato
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