Italian (Italiano) translation of Auf Flügeln des Gesanges

by Oscar Strasnoy (b. 1970), "Auf Flügeln des Gesanges" [ duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], from Heine, no. 5

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Auf Flügeln des Gesanges,
Herzliebchen, trag ich dich fort,
Fort nach den Fluren des Ganges,
Dort weiß ich den schönsten Ort;

Dort liegt ein [rotblühender]1 Garten
Im stillen Mondenschein,
Die Lotosblumen erwarten
Ihr trautes Schwesterlein.

Die Veilchen kichern und kosen,
Und schaun nach den Sternen empor,
Heimlich erzählen die Rosen
Sich duftende Märchen ins Ohr.

Es hüpfen herbei und lauschen
Die frommen, klugen Gazelln,
Und in der Ferne rauschen
Des [heiligen]2 Stromes Well'n.

Dort wollen wir niedersinken
Unter dem Palmenbaum,
Und Liebe und Ruhe trinken,
Und träumen seligen Traum.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 117.

1 Lachner: "blühender"
2 Mendelssohn: "heilgen"

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Ich will meine Seele tauchen
In den Kelch der Lilie hinein;
Die Lilie soll [klingend]1 hauchen
Ein Lied von der Liebsten mein.

Das Lied soll [schauern]2 und beben
Wie der Kuß von ihrem Mund,
Den sie mir einst gegeben
In wunderbar süßer Stund'.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 115.

1 Raif: "klingen und"
2 Raif: "schau'rn"

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[Im]1 Rhein, [im]1 [schönen]2 Strome,
Da spiegelt sich in den [Well'n]3
Mit seinem großen Dome
Das [große, heil'ge]4 Köln.

Im Dom da steht ein Bildnis,
Auf [goldnem Leder]5 gemalt;
In meines Lebens Wildnis
Hat's freundlich [hineingestrahlt]6.

Es schweben Blumen und [Eng'lein]7
Um unsre liebe Frau;
Die Augen, die Lippen, die Wänglein,
Die gleichen der Liebsten genau.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 120.

Note: in the first version of the poem, Heine has "heiligen" in stanza 1, line 1, word 4.

1 Hollmann, Urspruch: "Am" / "am"; further changes may exist for Hollmann's setting, not shown above.
2 Schumann, Franz: "heiligen"
3 Liszt: "Wellen"
4 Liszt, Urspruch: "große, das heilige"
5 Franz: "goldenem Grunde"; Urspruch: "goldenes Leder"
6 Urspruch: "herein gestrahlt"
7 Ender: "Eng'lein"

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Author(s): Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Sulle ali del canto,
amore, ti porto via,
via verso i prati del Gange,
dove conosco il posto più bello.

Là c'è un giardino fiorito di rosso
nel tacito chiaro di luna,
i fiori di loto aspettano
la loro fedele sorella.

Le violette sorridono e amoreggiano,
e guardano in su, verso le stelle,
in segreto narrano le rose
fiabe profumate.

Qui saltellano e corrono
le sagge, brave gazzelle,
e là lontano scorrono
le acque del fiume sacro.

Là vogliamo distenderci
sotto la palma,
e gustare amore e pace,
e sognare sogni beati.

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Voglio tuffare la mia anima
nel calice del giglio;
il giglio con dolce suono rievocherà
una canzone dell'amore mio.

La canzone tremerà con un brivido
come il bacio della sua bocca,
che lei mi diede una volta
in un'ora dolcissima e stupenda!

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Nel Reno, nel sacro fiume,
si specchia nelle onde
col suo imponente duomo
la grande, sacra Colonia.

Nel duomo c'è un'immagine
dipinta su cuoi dorato;
nei momenti più aspri della mia vita
mi risplende amica.

Si librano fiori ed angeli
intorno alla Nostra Signora;
i suoi occhi, le labbra, le sue guance
somigliano proprio al mio amore.

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Translation © by Amelia Maria Imbarrato