Filoctetes | Sec aquí sense el meu arc

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by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Philoktet

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

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Da sitz' ich ohne Bogen
Und starre in den Sand.
Was that ich dir, Ulysses?
Daß du sie mir entwandt

Die Waffe, die [dem Feinde]¹
Des Todes Bothe war;
Die auf der wüsten Insel
Mir Unterhalt gebar.

Es rauschen Vögelschwärme
Mir [übers greise]² Haupt;
Ich greife nach dem Bogen -
Umsonst - er ist geraubt.

Aus dichtem Busche raschelt
Der braune Hirsch hervor:
Ich strecke leere Arme
Zur Nemesis empor.

Du schlauer König scheue
Der Göttin Rächerblick!
Erbarme dich - und stelle
Den Bogen mir zurück.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• F. Schubert

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Johann Mayrhofer. Wien. Bey Friedrich Volke. 1824, pages 152-153.

¹ Schubert: "den Trojern"
² Schubert: "über'm greisen"

Text Authorship:

by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Philoktet" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Philoktet", D 540 (1817), published 1831 [ voice, piano ], A. Diabelli & Co., VN 3708, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Filoctetes", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Philoctetes", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Philoctetes", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Philoctète", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Filottete", copyright © 2008, (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.
Line count: 20
Word count: 85

Filoctetes

Language: Catalan (Català) after the German (Deutsch)

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Sec aquí sense el meu arc 
i esguardo la sorra.
Què t’he fet Ulisses 
perquè me l’hagis robat?

L’arma que fou l’emissari 
de la mort dels troians
i que, en aquesta illa deserta, 
em donà sustentació.

Vols d’ocells brunzinen 
damunt el meu vell cap;
debades vull prendre el meu arc, 
m’ha estat robat!

D’espessos matolls remoreja 
el cérvol bru:
alço els meus braços 
buits vers Nèmesi.

Tu, rei astut, redubta l’esguard 
venjatiu de la deessa!
Tingues pietat 
i retorna’m l’arc.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2017 by Salvador Pila, (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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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Philoktet"
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This text was added to the website: 2017-05-01
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Word count: 80