Regen | Es regnete: Durch die Fenster

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by Vittoria Aganoor Pompilj (1855 - 1910)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Pioggia

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG FRE GER SPA

Piovea: per le finestre spalancate
A quella tregua di ostinati odori
Saliano dal giardin fresche folate
D'erbe risorte e di risorti fiori

S'acchettava il tumulto dei colori
Sotto il vel delle gocciole implorate;
E intorno ai pioppi ai frassini agli allori
Beveano ingorde le zolle assetate.

Esser pianta, esser foglia, esser stelo
E nell'angoscia dell'ardor (pensavo)
Così largo ristoro aver dal cielo!

Sul davanzal protesa io gli arboscelli,
I fiori, l'erbe guardavo guardavo
E mi battea la pioggia sui capelli.

Text Authorship:

by Vittoria Aganoor Pompilj (1855 - 1910) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936), "Pioggia", P. 90 no. 6 (1909), published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from Sei liriche, prima serie, no. 6, Milan, Ricordi [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Margaret Baker Genovesi) , "Rain", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La pluie", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Regen", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , "Lluvia", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 80

Regen

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

Es regnete: Durch die Fenster, 
jener Leichtigkeit durchdringender Aromen weit eröffnet,
steigen aus dem Garten frische Lüfte auf, 
die Düfte neu erblühter Kräuter, Blumen tragen.

Der Farben Aufruhr legte sich
unter dem Schleier der erflehten Tropfen,
und um Pappeln, Eschen, Lorbeerbäume
trinkt mit Gier der durst’ge Rasen.

Pflanze, Blatt und Halm zu sein,
und in beängstigender Glut (nehme ich an)
so großzügig vom Himmel erfrischt zu werden!

Über die Fensterbank lehnt’ ich hinaus,
schaute, blickt’ auf die jungen Bäume,
Blumen, Kräuter,
und es prasselte der Regen mir aufs Haar.

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Translation from Italian (Italiano) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2015 by Bertram Kottmann, (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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This text was added to the website: 2015-10-26
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Word count: 89