Filottete | Qui sto senz'arco

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by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836)

Translation © by Amelia Maria Imbarrato

Philoktet

(Sung text for setting by F. Schubert)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Da sitz' ich ohne Bogen
Und starre in den Sand.
Was that ich dir, Ulysses?
Daß du sie mir entwandt

Die Waffe, die den Trojern
Des Todes Bothe war;
Die auf der wüsten Insel
Mir Unterhalt gebar.

Es rauschen Vögelschwärme
Mir über'm greisen Haupt;
Ich greife nach dem Bogen -
Umsonst - er ist geraubt.

Aus dichtem Busche raschelt
Der braune Hirsch hervor:
Ich strecke leere Arme
Zur Nemesis empor.

Du schlauer König scheue
Der Göttin Rächerblick!
Erbarme dich - und stelle
Den Bogen mir zurück.

Composition:

Franz Peter Schubert

Text Authorship:

by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Philoktet"

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Filoctetes", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Philoctetes", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Philoctetes", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Philoctète", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Filottete", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Filottete

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Schubert)

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

Qui sto senz'arco, 
in mezzo alla sabbia. 
Che ti ho fatto, Ulisse, 
che tu me l'hai portato via?
 
L'arma che fu messaggio 
di morte ai troiani, 
che sull'isola deserta mi
faceva vivere. 

Sento passare stormi d'uccelli 
sulla mia testa grigia, 
cerco l'arco - invano, 
mi è stato rubato! 

Da questi cespugli, 
il fruscio del cervo bruno: 
io levo le braccia 
vuote alla Nemesi. 

Tu, re astuto, temi lo sguardo 
vindice della dea! 
Abbi pietà, 
e ridammi l'arco.

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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-17
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