Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Die bretterne Kammer
Der Todten erbebt,
Wenn zwölfmal den Hammer
Die Mitternacht hebt.
Rasch tanzen um Gräber
Und morsches Gebein
Wir luftigen Schweber
Den sausenden Reihn.
Was winseln die Hunde
Beim schlafenden Herrn?
Sie wittern die Runde
Der Geister so fern.
Die Raben entflattern
Der wüsten Abtei,
Und fliehn vor den Gattern
Des Kirchhofs vorbei.
Wir gaukeln, und scherzen
Hinab und empor,
Gleich irrenden Kerzen
Im dunstigen Moor.
...
Tief bargst du im düstern
Gemach unser Weh;
Wir Glücklichen flüstern
Dir fröhlich: Ade!
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-5,7 of the original text.
Composition:
Set to music by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Geistertanz", op. 5 no. 4, published 1834, stanzas 1-5,7 [ voice and piano ], note: first published without an opus number; designated in 1867 as opus 5; München: Falter und Sohn
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Antonio Zencovich) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 28
Word count: 100
Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)
La cameretta d'assi
Dei trapassati vibra
Mentre il battaglio con dodici colpi
Annuncia mezzanotte.
Veloci noi formiamo, danzando
Intorno a tombe e ossa sgretolate,
Fantasmi sospesi nell'aria,
Una fila sibilante.
Sapete perché uggiolano i cani
Accanto ai padroni addormentati?
Fiutano la ridda
Degli spiriti da lontano.
I corvi si levano
Dall'abbazia abbandonata
E volteggiano sui cancelli
Di fronte al sagrato della chiesa.
Anche noi svolazziamo scherzando,
Su e giù,
Come candele vagolanti
In una nebbiosa palude.
...
Con te si è sepolto in fondo a un tetro
Ricettacolo il nostro dolore
E noi lieti ti sussurriamo
Allegramente: Addio!
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-5,7 of the original text.
Translated title "Der Geistertanz" = "Danza macabra"
Translator's note for stanza 7, line 2: Alla lettera: "Tu hai racchiuso profondamente in una buia stanza".
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2015 by Antonio Zencovich, (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.
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Line count: 28
Word count: 116
