Mögen andere von Mars und seinem Heere singen

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by Giambattista Marino (1569 - 1625)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Altri canti di Marte

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: FRE GER

Altri canti di Marte, e di sua schiera
Gli arditi assalti, e l'honorate imprese,
Le sanguigne vittorie, e le contese,
I trionfi di morte horrida, e fera.

Io canto, Amor, da questa tua guerriera
Quant'hebbi a sostener mortali offese,
Com'un guardo mi vinse, un crin mi prese:
Historia miserabile, ma vera.

Due begli occhi fur l'armi, onde traffitta
Giacque, e di sangue invece amaro pianto
Sparse lunga stagion l'anima afflitta.

Tu, per lo cui valor la palma, e'l vanto
Hebbe di me la mia nemica invitta,
Se desti morte al cor, dà vita al canto.

Text Authorship:

by Giambattista Marino (1569 - 1625) [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 Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "Altri canti di Marte", 1638 [ vocal sextet with 2 violins], from Libro VIII: Madrigali guerrieri e amorosi, no. 10, madrigal [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "D'autres chantent de Mars", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2019, (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: 14
Word count: 95

Mögen andere von Mars und seinem Heere...

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

Mögen andere von Mars und seinem Heere singen,
kühnen Attacken und seinen Ruhmestaten,
von blut’gen Siegen und von Streiten,
Triumphen des grausigen, grimmigen Tods.

Ich singe, Liebe, von der Kriegerin dein,
musst ich mich doch gegen tödlichen Ansturm behaupten,
wie ein Blick mich besiegte und Haarschopf mich einnahm:
klägliche Geschichte, doch wahr.

Zwei schöne Augen waren die Waffen, von denen durchbohrt
meine Seele sich fand, und statt Blutes hat sie, betrübt,
lange Zeit bittere Tränen vergossen.

Du, durch dessen Stärke mein unbezwingbarer Feind
den Ruhm und den Sieg über mich erfuhr,
gäbst meinem Herzen du den Tod, gib meinem Lied das Leben.

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This text was added to the website: 2019-03-19
Line count: 14
Word count: 102