[가곡] 해질녘의 노래들

해질녘에 관한 시와 노래를 찾다가 외국 가곡 몇 곡 찾았어요. 밤에 관한 노래도 몇 곡 찾았고요.

독일어와 스웨덴어는 까막눈이라 영어 번역이라도 좀 읽어볼까 해서 번역 가사도 같이 가져왔어요.

무슨 소린지는 하나도 모르겠지만 아름다운 목소리로 노래하는 걸 들으니 그냥 참 좋네요. ^^

Julianne Baird - Abendempfindung an Laura K.523 (Mozart)

                     (모차르트: 해질녘의 정서) 

Evening Feelings of Laura

    

 

Evening comes, the sun hath left the sky,

And the moon casts silvery beams;

So it goes that life's finest hours fly--

They but dance away, it seems.

 

Soon fly life's colorful scenes to their end,

The curtain comes rolling down;

Our play is done, and tears of a friend

flow fast on our burial ground.

 

Soon perhaps (now o'er me drifts an image,

Like a zephyr from the west),

I shall be released from life's pilgrimage,

And fly to the Land of Rest.

 

If thou shouldst then beside my graveside weep,

My ashes sadly viewing,

Then O friends, I shall appear with thee

As Heaven's breath o'er the wafting.

 

Grant me, dear, also thy tears,

And pluck a violet for me, for my grave,

And look down kindly upon me there,

With thy warm and soulful gaze.

 

Consecrate on tear to me, and oh! then

Feel no shame crying thus for me;

For thy tear shall shine in my diadem,

And my fairest pearl shall be!

    

 

Gundula Janowitz - Vier Letzte Lieder AV.150 - IV. Im Abendrot (R. Strauss)

                         (리하르트 슈트라우스 : 4개의 마지막 노래 - 4번. 저녁 노을)

At Sunset

    

 

We have gone through sorrow and joy

hand in hand;

Now we can rest from our wandering

above the quiet land.

 

Around us, the valleys bow;

the air is growing darker.

Just two skylarks soar upwards

dreamily into the fragrant air.

 

Come close to me, and let them flutter.

Soon it will be time for sleep.

Let us not lose our way

in this solitude.

 

O vast, tranquil peace,

so deep at sunset!

How weary we are of wandering---

Is this perhaps death?

 

Birgit Nilsson - 5 Songs After Poems By Bo Bergman - IV. Bon Till Natten (Grieg)

                    (그리그 : 보 베르그만의 시에 의한 5개의 노래 - 4번. 밤에게 부탁)

Prayer to the Night

Finished are the day's pleasures,

wild and brief.

Deep night, carry us

away in your arms.

 

On your merciful breast

shield our shame,

while the hours of forgetfulness

roll by without pain,

 

as an all-drowning river

glides coldly

over hidden crime

and sunken sin.

 

You who alone bring forgiveness

and answers,

gentle night, hold us

 

Kathleen Battle - Die Nacht (R. Strauss) 

The Night

Out of the forest steps Night,
Out of the trees she softly steals,
Looks around her in a wide arc,
Now beware..

All the lights of this world,
All flowers, all colors
She extinguishes, and steals the sheaves
From the field.

She takes everything that is dear,
Takes the silver from the stream,
and from the Cathedral's copper roof,
She takes the gold.

The bushes are left, stripped naked,
Come closer, soul to soul;
Oh, I fear that the night will also steal
You from me.

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밤 노래를 찾다가 밤과는 상관없지만 조용한 분위기의 노래를 발견해서 추가해 봅니다.  

Thomas Hampson - 12 Gedichte Op.35: No.8 Stille Liebe  (Schumann)                      

Silent love 

If I could praise you in song, 

I would sing you the longest song. 

Yes, I would in every way 

never tire of singing to you! 

But what has always troubled me 

is that always, only silently, 

may I carry you, my heart's beloved, 

in my heart's sanctuary. 

And that, whatever I say aloud 

or praise in joyful song, 

you believe I carry more deeply 

in my warm breast than you, my heart. 

This agony has compelled me 

to sing this little song, 

but I am pierced by bitter sorrow 

that you haven't heard even one note.

Thomas Hampson - 5 Lieder und Gesänge Op.127 No.1 Sängers Trost (Schumann)

(위 표지 사진의 Op.27이 잘못 표기된 거예요.)

A poet's consolation