Canto dalla lontananza | Quando negli ultimi bagliori della sera

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by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831)

Translation © by Antonio Zencovich

Lied aus der Ferne

(Sung text for setting by N. von Krufft)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Wann in des Abends letztem Scheine
  Dir eine lächelnde Gestalt,
Am Rasensitz im Eichenhaine,
  Mit Wink und Gruß vorüberwallt:
Das ist des Freundes treuer Geist,
Der Freud' und Frieden dir verheißt.

Wann in des Mondes Dämmerlichte
  Sich deiner Liebe Traum verschönt,
Durch Cytisus und Weymuthsfichte
  Melodisches Gesäusel tönt,
Und Ahndung dir den Busen hebt:
Das ist mein Geist der dich umschwebt.

Fühlst du, beim seligen Verlieren
  In des Vergangnen Zauberland,
Ein lindes, geistiges Berühren,
  Wie Zephyrs Kuß, an Lipp' und Hand,
Und wankt der Kerze flatternd Licht:
Das ist mein Geist, o zweifle nicht!

Hörst du, beim Silberglanz der Sterne,
  Leis' im verschwiegnen Kämmerlein,
Gleich Aeolsharfen aus der Ferne,
  Das Bundeswort: Auf ewig dein!
Dann schlummre sanft; es ist mein Geist,
Der Freud' und Frieden dir verheißt.

First published in Musen-Almanach für 1794, herausgegeben von Joh. Heinr. Voß, Hamburg, bey C.E.Bohn, pages 86-87.

Composition:

Nikolaus, Freiherr von Krufft

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831), "Lied aus der Ferne", written 1792-93, appears in In der Fremde (Schweiz und Frankreich) (1787-1794), first published 1794

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Lied uit de verte", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Song from far away", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant venant de loin", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Antonio Zencovich) , "Canto dalla lontananza", copyright © 2014, (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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Canto dalla lontananza

(Sung text translation for setting by N. von Krufft)

See original

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

Quando negli ultimi bagliori della sera
trascorre nell’aria una figura sorridente
nel sentiero in mezzo al boschetto di querce,
con un cenno e un saluto,
è l’anima del più caro amico
che ti promette gioia e pace.

Quando nella luce crepuscolare della luna
il tuo sogno di amore si abbellisce,
tra le ginestre e gli abeti bianchi
risuona un sussurro melodioso 
e un presentimento ti dilata il petto:
è il mio spirito che ti abbraccia.

Se senti, in un estatico abbandono 
dentro il magico paese del passato,
il morbido contatto di un fantasma,
il bacio di uno zefiro sulle labbra e sulla mano,
e vacilla il lume tremolante della candela,
è davvero il mio spirito, non dubitare!

Se ascolti, sotto lo splendore argenteo delle stelle,
nella cameretta appartata, sommessa
come arpe eoliche in lontananza,
la parola del nostro patto: tuo per sempre!
allora assopisciti dolcemente: è il mio spirito
che ti preannuncia gioia e pace.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831), "Lied aus der Ferne", written 1792-93, appears in In der Fremde (Schweiz und Frankreich) (1787-1794), first published 1794
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