Retrato de Família | Avô e avó

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by Anton Alexander, Graf von Auersperg (1806 - 1876), as Anastasius Grün

Translation © by Margarida Moreno

Familien‑Gemälde

(Sung text for setting by R. Schumann)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE POR

Großvater und Großmutter,
Die saßen im Gartenhag,
Es lächelte still ihr Antlitz,
Wie'n sonniger Wintertag.

Die Arme verschlungen, ruhten
Ich und der Geliebte dabei,
Uns blühten und klangen die Herzen
Wie Blumenhaine im Mai.

Ein Bächlein rauschte vorüber
Mit plätscherndem Wanderlied;
Stumm zog das Gewölk am Himmel,
Bis unseren Blicken es schied.

Es rasselte von den Bäumen
Das Laub, verwelkt und zerstreut,
Und schweigend an uns vorüber
Zog leisen Schrittes die Zeit.

Stumm blickte auf's junge Pärchen
Das alte stille Paar;
Des Lebens Doppelspiegel
Stand vor uns licht und wahr:

Sie sahn uns an und dachten
Der schönen Vergangenheit;
Wir sahn sie an und dachten
Von ferner, künftiger Zeit.

Composition:

Robert Schumann

Text Authorship:

by Anton Alexander, Graf von Auersperg (1806 - 1876), as Anastasius Grün, "Familiengemälde"

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Retrat de família", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Familieportret", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (David K. Smythe) , "Portrait of a family", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Portrait de famille", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
POR Portuguese (Português) (Margarida Moreno) , "Retrato de Família", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Retrato de Família

(Sung text translation for setting by R. Schumann)

See original

Language: Portuguese (Português) after the German (Deutsch)

Avô e avó,
Sentados junto à sebe do jardim;
Seus rostos sorriam tranquilamente,
Como um dia de sol no Inverno.

De braços enlaçados,
Eu e o amado descansávamos,
E os nossos corações floresciam 
e soavam como flores em Maio.

Um regato passou murmurando,
Sussurrando uma canção de viandante
As nuvens subiram mudas no céu,
Até se despedirem dos nossos olhares.

As folhas murchas e dispersas 
Sacudiam-se das árvores
E o tempo passou por nós silencioso
Em leves passos.

O jovem casal olhou em silêncio
Para o casal idoso.
O espelho duplo da vida
Perante nós, claro e verdadeiro.

Eles olharam-nos e pensaram
Nos belos tempos passados.
Nós olhámo-los e pensámos
Sobre os tempos longínquos futuros.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to Portuguese (Português) copyright © 2011 by Margarida Moreno, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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