Philoctète | Je suis assis ici sans mon arc

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by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

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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Philoctète

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Schubert)

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Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Je suis assis ici sans mon arc 
et je regarde fixement dans le sable.
Que t'ai-je fait, Ulysse, 
que tu aies voulu me voler ?

L'arme qui fut le messager 
de la mort des Troyens,
M'a été donnée sur cette île déserte 
pour ma subsistance.

Des vols d'oiseaux passent 
au-dessus de ma tête grisonnante ;
Je saisis mon arc en vain, 
car on me l'a volé !

De l'épais buisson 
jaillit le cerf brun :
Je tends mes bras vides 
vers Némésis en haut.

Toi roi rusé, crains le regard vengeur 
de la déesse !
Aie pitié de moi 
et rends-moi mon arc.

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