Dioscuri, gemine stelle

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by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836)

Translation © by Amelia Maria Imbarrato

Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren

(Sung text for setting by F. Schubert)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA ITA

Dioskuren, Zwillingssterne,
Die ihr leuchtet meinem Nachen,
Mich beruhigt auf dem Meere
Eure Milde, euer Wachen.

Wer auch, fest in sich begründet,
Unverzagt dem Sturm begegnet;
Fühlt sich doch in euren Strahlen
Doppelt muthig und gesegnet.

Dieses Ruder, das ich schwinge,
Meeresfluthen zu zertheilen;
Hänge ich, so ich geborgen,
Auf an eures Tempels Säulen.

Note: Schubert received Mayrhofer's texts in handwriting; the manuscripts of his cycle Heliopolis, dedicated to Franz von Schober, are preserved in the Vienna City Library. The printed edition of Mayrhofer's poems appeared much later. This poem (originally no. 20 of the cycle) is not part of the cycle in the printed edition of 1843.

Composition:

Franz Peter Schubert

Text Authorship:

by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Schiffers Nachtlied", written 1816?

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Pupillo) (Claretta Manara) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 56

Canto di un navigante ai Dioscuri

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Schubert)

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Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)

Dioscuri, gemine stelle
che fate luce alla mia navicella,
mi infonde calma sul mare
il vostro favore, la vostra protezione.

Anche chi ha in sé la propria forza,
e senza timore va incontro alla tempesta,
si sente comunque dai vostri raggi
doppiamente incoraggiato e benedetto.

Questo remo, che muovo,
per fendere i flutti del mare,
lo appendo, per essere protetto,
alle colonne del vostro tempio.

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