User talk:Qexigator/Books/Hoffmann's "The Sandman" and other tales

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Qexigator (talk) 17:46, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

In connection with The Tales of Hoffmann
Barcarolle


 * French

Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour / Souris à nos ivresses / Nuit plus douce que le jour / Ô,belle nuit d’amour!

Le temps fuit et sans retour / Emporte nos tendresses / Loin de cet heureux séjour / Le temps fuit sans retour

Zéphyrs embrasés / Versez-nous vos caresses / Zéphyrs embrasés / Donnez-nous vos baisers! / Vos baisers! Vos baisers! Ah!

Belle nuit, ô, nuit d’amour / Souris à nos ivresses / Nuit plus douce que le jour, / Ô, belle nuit d’amour!

Ah! souris à nos ivresses! / Nuit d’amour, ô, nuit d’amour!

Ah! ah! ah! ah! ah! ah! ah! ah! ah! ah!


 * English

Lovely night, oh, night of love / Smile upon our joys! / Night much sweeter than the day / Oh beautiful night of love!

Time flies by, and carries away / Our tender caresses for ever! / Time flies far from this happy oasis / And does not return

Burning zephyrs / Embrace us with your caresses! / Burning zephyrs / Give us your kisses! / Your kisses! Your kisses! Ah!

Lovely night, oh, night of love / Smile upon our joys! Night much sweeter than the day / Oh, beautiful night of love!

Ah! Smile upon our joys! / Night of love, oh, night of love!

Ah! ah! ah! ah! ah! ah! ah! ah! ah! ah!

Qexigator (talk) 00:48, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

In connection with Die Rheinnixen
Die Rheinnixen (1864, Hoftheater, Vienna) concludes with a combination of the barcarolle and the Vaterlandslied. Its text is:


 * German

1. O könnt' ich's allen sagen, / Wie meine Pulse schlagen

Für dich, mein Vaterland! / Ich habe dir mein Leben, / Mein Alles hingegeben.

Ich nehm das Glas zur Hand / Und trink' es dir und ruf' es laut: / Du, Vaterland, bist meine Braut!

Du liebes Land, du schönes Land! / Du großes, deutsches Vaterland!

2. Wer sollte dich nicht ehren, / Nicht deinen Ruhm begehren,

O Heimat hold und traut! / Wo stolze Burgen thronen, / Wo treue Menschen wohnen,

Wo Sangeslust so laut: / Da muss am schönen grünen Rhein / Ein Leben voller Wonne sein!

O liebes Land, o schönes Land, / O schönes, großes deutsches Vaterland!


 * English

1. O if I were only able to tell everyone / How my heart beats

For thee, my fatherland! / I have given thee my life, / I have given thee everything.

I take the glass / And toast thee and shout loudly: / Thou, my fatherland, art my bride!

Thou art a lovely and beautiful country! / Thou art my big, German fatherland!

2. Who should not honour thee, / Who should not crave thy glory,

O, my dear country, comely and intimate! / Where proud castles are enthroned, / Where faithful people live,

Where everyone loves to sing: / There, on the beautiful green Rhine, / Life must be full of pleasance!

Thou art a lovely and beautiful country, / Thou art my big, German fatherland!

Qexigator (talk) 00:48, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

Overture
External link: Die Rheinnixen Overture, source for the Giuletta (Venice) Barcarolle.

Qexigator (talk) 00:48, 9 January 2016 (UTC)