Neapel | Weil heut der Tag des Palmzweigs ist

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by Arthur Symons (1865 - 1945)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Palm Sunday: Naples

(Sung text for setting by J. Musto)

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Language: English

Our translations: GER

Because it is the day of Palms
Carry a palm for me,
Carry a palm in Santa Chiara
And I will watch the sea.
 ... 

I sit and watch the little sail
Lean side-ways on the sea,
The sea is blue from here to Sorrento
And the sea-wind comes to me
 ...  I see the white clouds lift from Sorrento
And the dark sail lean upon the sea.

I have grown tired of all these things,
And what is left for me?
I have no place in Santa Chiara
There is no peace upon the sea.
But carry a palm in Santa Chiara,
Carry a palm for me.

Composition:

John Musto

Quiet songs

Text Authorship:

by Arthur Symons (1865 - 1945), "Palm Sunday : Naples", appears in Images of Good and Evil, first published 1899

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GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Neapel", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 18
Word count: 123

Neapel

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Musto)

See original

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Weil heut der Tag des Palmzweigs ist,
tragt einen Zweig für mich,
tragt einen Zweig in Santa Chiara,
aufs Meer indes blick ich;
Es gibt keinen Zweig in Santa Chiara
nicht heute noch jemals für mich.

Seh, wie das kleine Segelboot
lehnt fast aufs Wasser sich,
das Meer ist blau bis nach Sorrent,
und Wind vom Meer umweht mich,
und ich seh weiße Wolken heraufziehn von Sorrent
und das dunkle Segel lehnt tief aufs Wasser sich.

Ich bin all diesem worden müd’ -
was bleibt da noch für mich?
Hab keinen Platz in Santa Chiara,
kein Friede legt aufs Wasser sich;
doch tragt einen Zweig in Santa Chiara,
tragt einen Zweig für mich.

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a text in English by Arthur Symons (1865 - 1945), "Palm Sunday : Naples", appears in Images of Good and Evil, first published 1899
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