Cavatina for a bass voice from the opera Alfonso and Estrella (von Schober, set by (Franz Peter Schubert)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Franz Adolf Friedrich von Schober (1796 - 1882)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Alfonsos Cavatina

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): DUT ENG FRE ITA

Wenn ich dich, Holde, sehe,
So glaub' ich keinen Schmerz,
Schon deine bloße Nähe
Beseligt dieses Herz.

Die Leiden sind zerronnen,
Die sonst die Brust gequält,
Es leuchten tausend Sonnen
Der lustentbrannten Welt.

Und neue Kräfte blitzen
Ins trunkne Herz hinein,
Ja, ich will dich beschützen,
Ich will dein Diener sein.

Authorship

by Franz Adolf Friedrich von Schober (1796 - 1882), written 1821 [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Alfonsos Cavatina", D 732 no. 13b (1821-2), from opera Alfonso und Estrella, no. 13b, Act II; published posthumously [sung text checked 1 time]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Alfonso's cavatine", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Cavatina for a bass voice from the opera Alfonso and Estrella", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Cavatine", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Cavatina di Alfonso", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 51

Cavatina for a bass voice from the opera Alfonso and Estrella

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 When I see you, sweet one,
 I stop believing in pain;
 your very nearness
 so delights this heart.
 
 Sorrows melt away
 that otherwise would be tormenting me;
 a thousand suns illuminate
 the world, which blazes with pleasure.
 
 And new powers flash
 in my intoxicated heart -
 yes, I will protect you;
 I will be your servant.

Authorship

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on

a text in German (Deutsch) by Franz Adolf Friedrich von Schober (1796 - 1882), written 1821

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 57