Dioskuren, Zwillingsterne
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA ITA
Dioskuren, [Zwillingsterne]1,
Die ihr leuchtet meinem Nachen,
Mich beruhigt auf dem Meere
Eure Milde, euer Wachen.
Wer auch, fest in sich begründet,
Unverzagt dem Sturm begegnet;
Fühlt sich doch in euren Strahlen
Doppelt muthig und gesegnet.
Dieses Ruder, das ich schwinge,
Meeresfluthen zu zertheilen;
Hänge ich, so ich geborgen,
Auf an eures Tempels Säulen.
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Confirmed with Gedichte von Johann Mayrhofer. Wien. Bey Friedrich Volke. 1824, page 183.
Note: Schubert received Mayrhofer's texts in handwriting; the manuscripts of his cycle Heliopolis, dedicated to Franz von Schober, are preserved in the Vienna City Library. The printed edition of Mayrhofer's poems appeared much later. This poem (originally no. 20 of the cycle) is not part of the cycle in the printed edition of 1843.
1 Schubert: "Zwillingssterne"
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Pupillo) (Claretta Manara) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 12
Word count: 54
Dioscures, étoiles jumelles
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch)
Dioscures, étoiles jumelles,
Qui brillent au-dessus de mon bateau,
Réconfortez-moi sur l'océan
Avec votre clémence, votre veille.
Celui qui croit fermement en lui-même,
Et rencontre bravement la tempête,
Se sent, dans votre lumière,
Doublement courageux et béni.
Cet aviron que je brandis
Pour couper les vagues de l'océan,
Je l'accrocherai, une fois en sûreté,
Aux colonnes de votre temple.
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Translation of title "Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren" = "Chant des marins aux Dioscures"
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Line count: 12
Word count: 59