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馬勒第八交響曲

(2009-05-12 17:42:29) 下一個

第一樂章:
Come, Creator Spirit,
visit the minds of your people,
fill with grace from on high
the hearts which Thou didst create.
Thou that art called Comforter,
gift from God most high,
living fount, fire, love
and unction of the spirit.
Endow our weak flesh
with perpetual strength,
kindle our senses with light,
pour Thy love into our hearts.
Drive the enemy far from us
grant us lasting peace,
so that, beneath Thy guidance,
we may avoid all ill.
Thou, sevenfold in gifts,
finger of the Father's right hand.
Give us to know Father
and Son through Thee,
and in Thee, Spirit emanating of both,
grant that we may always believe.
Come, Creator Spirit,
visit the minds of your people,
fill with grace from on high
the hearts which Thou didst create.
Give us joy,
grant us Thy peace,
smooth our quarrels,
preserve us in bonds of peace.
Glory be to the Father,
to His Son, who rose from the dead,
and to our Advocate and Comforter
for ever and ever.
第二樂章:(摘自歌德《浮士德》)
CHORUS AND ECHO
Forest, that sways here,
Rocks that weigh down on it,
Roots that cling,
Trunks dense on trunks.
Wave sprays over wave,
The deepest cave shields us.
Lions that creep silently
Tame about us,
Honour the sacred place,
The holy shrine of Love.
PATER ECSTATICUS
(floating above and below)
Eternal burning brand,
Glowing bond of Love,
Seething pain of the breast,
Foaming joy of God.
Arrows, pierce me,
Lances, subdue me,
Maces, beat me down,
Lightning thunder through me!
That now the worthless
Be cursed for ever
Shine forth the enduring star,
Eternal Love’s centre.
PATER PROFUNDUS
(deep region)
As the rocky chasm at my feet
On the deep abyss weighs at rest,
As a thousand gleaming streams flow
To the terrible plunge of the flood’s foam,
As with its own great strength
The trunk is born up into the air -
So is almighty Love
That forms all, preserves all.
There is about me a wild rushing,
As if forest and rocky ground shook,
And yet there rose, in lovely sound,
The waters to the abyss,
Called as it were to water the valley;
The lightning that flaming struck
To clear the atmosphere,
Took the poison and vapour in its bosom -
They are Love’s messengers, they tell
What ever-creating surrounds us.
My inner being it too must charm
Where the spirit, confused, cold,
Tormented in the limits of dull senses,
Feels the sharp pain of chains.
O God! Quieten my thoughts,
Bring light to my needy heart!
ANGELS
(hovering in the higher atmosphere, bearing what is immortal of Faust)
Saved is the noble limb
Of the spirits’ world from the wicked:
“Who ever-striving takes pains,
Him can we redeem.”
And if Love from above
Was shared by him,
The blessed host meet him
With heartfelt welcome.
CHOIR OF BLESSED BOYS
(circling in the highest heaven)
Join your hands
Joyful in a ring,
Up and sing
Holy feelings!
Taught by God
You may trust;
The one whom you revere,
You shall see.:
THE YOUNGER ANGELS
Those roses from the hands
Of loving holy penitents
Helped us to win victory,
To complete the holy work,
To take this soul’s treasure as prize.
The evil drew back, as we strewed,
The Devil flew, when we smote.
Instead of the wonted pangs of Hell
The spirits felt the torment of Love;
The old Satan himself
Was afflicted with sharp pain.
Rejoice! We have succeeded.
THE MORE PERFECT ANGELS
There remains for us earthly remains
To bear with difficulty;
And were he of matter indestructible
He is not pure.
When the strong force of the Spirit
The elements
Has snatched up to itself,
No angel could part
The united double nature
Of both soul and body,
Eternal Love only
May divide them.
YOUNGER ANGELS
I feel now
In the mist and rocky heights
A Spirit life
Dwelling near.
Of blessed boys
I see a throng.
Free from earth’s pressure.
Gathered in a circle
They rejoice
In the new spring and beauty
Of the upper world.
Let him begin here
To win the fulness of life
As their companion!
THE BLESSED BOYS
Joyfully we take
This man into the state of chrysalis;
So we receive
The angels’ pledge.
Set loose the flakes of earth
That are about him!
Then he is fair and great
From holy life.
DOCTOR MARIANUS
(in the highest, purest cell)
Here the view is free,
The Spirit lifted up.
There pass women
Ascending above.
The glorious one among them
In crown of stars,
The Queen of Heaven
I see in splendour.
Highest Lady of the world!
Let me in the blue
Extended tract of Heaven
See your mystery.
Approve what in man’s breast
Grave and tender moves
And with holy joy of Love
Brings him to meet you.
Unconquered our courage
When you, sublime, command;
Suddenly wanes anger
DOCTOR MARIANUS AND CHORUS
Virgin, pure in fairest mind,
Mother, worthy of reverence,
Our chosen Queen,
Equal to God.
CHORUS
To you, the immaculate,
It is not denied
That the easily seduced
May come to you in consolation.
In weakness gathered in
They are hard to save;
Who tears apart through his own strength
The chains of lust?
How quickly does the foot slide
On the sloping, smooth ground?
CHORUS OF PENITENTS
You float up to the heights
Of the eternal kingdom;
Hear our pleading,
Full of grace!
Without peer!
MAGNA PECCATRIX
By the love that at the feet
Of your Son, enlightened by God,
Let tears flow as balsam
In spite of the scorn of the Pharisees;
By the box that so richly
Dropped down fragrance;
By the locks that so gently
Dried the sacred limbs -
MULIER SAMARITANA
By the well to which once
Abraham led the herds;
By the pitcher which coolly
Touched the Saviour’s lips;
By the pure, rich source
That now there gushes,
Overflowing, ever clear
Flows throughout the world -
MARIA AEGYPTICA
By the sacred place
Where the Lord was laid;
By the arm that from the entrance
Warning pushed me back;
By the forty-year penitence
That I truly spent in the desert;
By the holy words of parting
That in the sand I wrote -
THE THREE
You who do not avert your gaze
From women who have sinned
Raise into eternity
The victory gained by repentance,
Grant also this poor soul,
Who only once forgot,
Who did not know that she erred,
Your forgiveness!
UNA POENITENTIUM
(once called Gretchen. Approaching)
Turn, turn,
You matchless one,
Rich in glory,
Your face in grace on my happiness!
The one I early loved,
No more troubled,
Comes back.
BLESSED BOYS
(circling nearer)
He grows the greater
With his mighty limbs,
Will true redemption
Richly return.
We were early distanced
From the chorus of life;
Yet this man has learned,
He will teach us.
UNA POENITENTIUM (Gretchen)
By the noble choir of spirits surrounded,
The newly born scarcely knows,
He scarcely divines fresh life,
So he becomes like the holy host.
See! How he from every bond of earth
Tears aside the old veil
And from the clothing of the ether
Comes forth his first youthful strength!
Grant me to teach him,
Still blinded by the new day.
MATER GLORIOSA
Come, rise up to higher spheres!
If he is aware of you, he will follow.
DOCTOR MARIANUS AND CHORUS
Look up to the redeeming sight,
All you who repent,
That tries to bring you
To a blessed fate.
That every better sense
May serve you;
Virgin, Mother, Queen,
Goddess, be gracious to us!
CHORUS MYSTICUS
All that is transitory
Is but an image;
The inadequacy of earth
Here finds fulfilment;
The ineffable
Here is accomplished;
The eternal feminine
leads us upwards.




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