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Italian (Italiano) translations of Drei Gesänge für 4 Solostimmen (S., A., T. und B.) mit Pianoforte, opus 8

by Louis Victor Franz Saar (1868 - 1937)

1. Mainacht  [sung text not yet checked]
by Louis Victor Franz Saar (1868 - 1937), "Mainacht", op. 8 (Drei Gesänge für 4 Solostimmen (S., A., T. und B.) mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1895 [ SATB quartet a cappella ], Leipzig, Robitschek
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[Wann]1 der silberne Mond durch die Gesträuche [blinkt]2,
Und sein schlummerndes Licht über den Rasen [streut]3,
  Und die Nachtigall flötet,
    Wandl' ich traurig von Busch zu Busch.

Selig preis' ich dich dann, flötende Nachtigall,
Weil dein Weibchen mit dir wohnet in Einem Nest,
  Ihrem singenden Gatten
    Tausend trauliche Küsse giebt.

[Überhüllet]4 von Laub, girret ein Taubenpaar
Sein Entzücken mir vor; aber ich wende mich,
  Suche [dunklere Schatten]5,
    Und die einsame Thräne rinnt.

Wann, o lächelndes Bild, welches wie Morgenroth
Durch die Seele mir stralt, find' ich auf Erden dich?
  Und die einsame Thräne
    Bebt mir heisser die Wang' herab.

Text Authorship:

  • by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776), "Die Mainacht", written 1774, first published 1775

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Ludewig Heinrich Christoph Hölty. Besorgt durch seine Freunde Friederich Leopold Grafen zu Stolberg und Johann Heinrich Voß. Hamburg, bei Carl Ernst Bohn. 1783, page 167; with Poetische Blumenlese Auf das Jahr 1775. Göttingen und Gotha bey Johann Christian Dieterich, pages 210-211; and with Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty's Sämtliche Werke kritisch und chronologisch herausgegeben von Wilhelm Michael, Erster Band, Weimar, Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen, 1914, page 159.

1 Hölty, first edition: "Wenn"
2 Hölty, first edition: "blickt"
3 Hölty, first edition: "geußt"
4 Hölty's manuscript: "Überschattet"
5 Hölty's manuscript: "dunkle Gesträuche"

by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776)
1. Notte di maggio
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Quando l'argentea luna brilla tra gli arbusti
E diffonde sopra il prato la sua luce sonnolenta,
e mentre l'usignolo canta,
io triste vado errando fra i cespugli.
 
Ti reputo felice, usignolo che gorgheggi,
perché la tua compagna condivide il nido con te,
e al suo compagno che canta
dà mille baci fedeli.
 
Nascosta fra il fogliame una coppia di colombi tubando
mi comunica la loro estasi; ma io mi volgo altrove,
in cerca di ombre più scure,
e scorre una lacrima solitaria.
 
Quando, o immagine sorridente, che come una aurora
Nell'anima mi splende, ti incontrerò su questa terra?
E la lacrima solitaria,
scorre tremando, più bruciante ancora, sulla mia guancia!

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2009 by Ferdinando Albeggiani, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Word count: 110

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani
2. Seufzer  [sung text not yet checked]
by Louis Victor Franz Saar (1868 - 1937), "Seufzer", op. 8 (Drei Gesänge für 4 Solostimmen (S., A., T. und B.) mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1895 [ SATB quartet a cappella ], Leipzig, Robitschek
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die Nachtigall
Singt überall
Auf grünen Reisen
Die besten Weisen,
Daß ringsum Wald
Und Ufer schallt.

Manch junges Paar
Geht dort, wo klar
Das Bächlein rauschet,
Und steht, und lauschet
Mit frohem Sinn
Der Sängerin.

Ich höre bang'
Im düstern Gang
Der Nachtigallen
Gesänge schallen;
Denn ach! allein
Irr' ich im Hain.

Text Authorship:

  • by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776), "Seufzer", written 1773
  • by Johann Heinrich Voss (1751 - 1826), "Seufzer", written 1773

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Ludewig Heinrich Christoph Hölty. Besorgt durch seine Freunde Friederich Leopold Grafen zu Stolberg und Johann Heinrich Voß. Hamburg, bei Carl Ernst Bohn. 1783, page 184.

This is the version of Hölty's poem heavily reworked by Voß. For the original version, see below.


by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776) and by Johann Heinrich Voss (1751 - 1826)
2.
[Translation not yet available]
3. Minnelied  [sung text not yet checked]
by Louis Victor Franz Saar (1868 - 1937), "Minnelied", op. 8 (Drei Gesänge für 4 Solostimmen (S., A., T. und B.) mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1895 [ SATB quartet a cappella ], Leipzig, Robitschek
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Holder klingt der Vogelsang,
Wann die Engelreine, 
Die mein [Jünglingsherz]1 bezwang,
Wandelt durch die Haine.

Röther [blühen]2 Thal und Au,
Grüner wird der Wasen,
[Wo die Finger meiner Frau
Maienblumen]3 lasen.

Ohne sie ist alles todt,
Welk sind Blüt' und Kräuter;
Und kein Frühlingsabendroth
Dünkt mir schön und heiter.

Traute, minnigliche Frau,
Wollest nimmer fliehen;
Daß mein Herz, gleich dieser Au,
Mög' in Wonne blühen!

Text Authorship:

  • by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776), "Minnelied", written 1773

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Ludewig Heinrich Christoph Hölty. Neu besorgt und vermehrt von Johann Heinrich Voss. Hamburg, bei Carl Ernst Bohn. 1804, pages 175-176.

Note: This is the version as published by Voß. The initial version of this poem, according to Hölty's manuscript, has one more stanza and is quite different (see below).

1 Mendelssohn: "junges Herz"
2 Schubert: "blühet"
3 Schubert: "Wo mir Blumen, rot und blau, / Ihre Hände"

Note: According to Neue Gesamtausgabe Schubert set only stanzas 1 and 2, in his autograph he crossed out the repeat mark at the end.


by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776)
3. Canzone d'amore
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Il canto degli uccelli risuona dolcemente
Quando lo spirito angelico
Che ha conquistato il mio cuore di giovane 
Passeggia nel boschetto.

Più rosse fioriscono la valle e la prateria,
L'erba si fa più verde
Dove le dita della mia signora
Hanno raccolto i fiori di maggio.

Senza di lei ogni cosa è morta,
I fiori e le piante appassiscono
E nessun rosseggiante tramonto di primavera
Mi apparirebbe così bello e chiaro.

Mia fida e beneamata signora,
Non voler mai andare via,
Affinché il mio cuore, come questo prato,
Possa fiorire nella gioia.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2014 by Antonio Zencovich, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2014-02-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 92

Translation © by Antonio Zencovich
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