Il barcaiolo | I flutti percorro fra le tempeste e i venti

Attention! Some of this material is not in the public domain.

It is illegal to copy and distribute our copyright-protected material without permission. It is also illegal to reprint copyright texts or translations without the name of the author or translator.

To inquire about permissions and rates, contact Emily Ezust at licenses@email.lieder.example.net

If you wish to reprint translations, please make sure you include the names of the translators in your email. They are below each translation.

Note: You must use the copyright symbol © when you reprint copyright-protected material.

by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836)

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Der Schiffer

(Sung text for setting by F. Schubert)

See original

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Im Winde, im Sturme befahr' ich den Fluß,
Die Kleider durchweichet der Regen im Guß;
Ich Ich peitsche die Wellen mit mächtigem Schlag
Erhoffend, erhoffend mir heiteren Tag.

Die Wellen, sie jagen das ächzende Schiff,
Es drohet der Strudel, es drohet der Riff,
Gesteine entkollern den felsigen Höh'n,
Und Tannen erseufzen wie Geistergestöh'n.

So mußte es kommen - ich hab es gewollt,
Ich hasse ein Leben behaglich entrollt;
Und schlängen die Wellen den ächzenden Kahn,
Ich priese doch immer die eigene Bahn.

Drum tose des Wassers ohnmächtiger Zorn,
Dem Herzen entquillet ein seliger Born,
Die Nerven erfrischend - o himmliche Lust!
Dem Sturme zu trotzen mit männlicher Brust.

Note: Schubert received Mayrhofer's texts generally in handwriting; the printed edition of Mayrhofer's poems appeared much later and presents the texts usually in a revised version.

Composition:

Franz Peter Schubert

Text Authorship:

by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Schiffer", first published 1818

Go to the general single-text view

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El barquer", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De schipper", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The boatman", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le marin", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Il barcaiolo", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 117

Il barcaiolo

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Schubert)

See original

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

I flutti percorro fra le tempeste e i venti,
gli abiti zuppi per gli scrosci insistenti;
con gesto potente le onde colpendo
in giorni migliori sperando, sperando.
 
Incalzano le onde la fragile barca,
di gorghi e di scogli è continua minaccia.
Precipitano massi dalla cima dei monti,
sospirano gli abeti come spettri gementi.
 
Ma tutto questo me lo sono cercato,
la vita tranquilla ho sempre aborrito;
se pure lo scafo fosse dall'onda travolto
esalterei sempre la strada che ho scelto.
 
Ruggiscano le acque di rabbia impotente,
in cuore, beata, mi zampilla una fonte,
e i nervi ristora -- o celestiale piacere, 
con cuore virile la tempesta affrontare!

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.
Contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Schiffer", first published 1818
- Go to the text page.

Go to the general single-text view

This text was added to the website: 2009-02-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 106