馬勒第八交響曲

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.