OCEANO DEUS
per coro misto a otto voci su frammenti tratti da Os Lusiadas di Luis Vas de Camões (2004/05) / for mixed choir on fragments from Os Lusiadas by Luis Vas de Camões (2004/05)
dedicato a: Gonçalo Lourenço e coro "Odyssea" - Portogallo
New version dedicated to Fredrik Malmberg and Danish Radio VokalEnsemblet
EDIZIONI SUVINI ZERBONI - MILANO
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Curiosity and questions: these are the keys that give us the possibility to listen. How could men ask anything to the world, some centuries ago? How could they bring their voices far from home? Moving themselves all around the world. Discovering and letting be discovered by others. Travelling. Oceano Deus is a piece of this path.

Eyes and ears around the world. Words. To listen and to be listened, in an infinite mirror. The curiosity that rushes us, on and on, always. Ships on the seas and on the oceans, spreading and finding knowledge and fear. Nets, in the water. Nets hidden by the waves. Sometimes they catch us, bad devils digging holes under our shoes. Or it is a net that is bringing new waves. It could free them. They listen. We listen. We listen a story about men asking questions to the world. Great. Or ridiculous. They too are listening in the fury of the winds. Luis Vas de Camões, through some fragments of his poem, brings us where one destroys all he knows, all he has been before, for a question. One asks with his body and with his life, on a weak boat with which a monster-ocean plays. One asks. In vain to vain Gods, deaf and still - he thinks. Yet he is listening.

No largo Oceano navegavam Descobrindo os mares inimigos    (defende       dos inimigos) Inquietas ondas Da branca escuma os mares se mostravam    cobertos Dois invernos fazendo e dois verões    (defende dos demónios infernais) A tão diversos ventos dando as velas    (defende       dos inimigos          demónios infernais, negros e ardentes) Os ventos Tanto furor de ventos inimigos Qual Austro fero    fero Bóreas       ao fero Noto No mar tanta tormenta, e tanto dano Tantas vezes a morte apercebida    à fraca força humana Vêem do mundo os segredos escondidos    fazendo votos Em vão aos Deuses vãos, surdos e imotos Eternos moradores do luzente    estelífero pólo Lá no estelante Olimpo A luz celeste às gentes encobrindo Os Deuses no Olimpo luminoso Luz Os Deuses O Deus que foi num tempo corpo humano    o Deus Noturno Luz Os Deuses da água fria    Deuses do mar       Tifeu       Adamastor       Netuno furibundo Luz Os Deuses em cadeiras de cristal    vãos, surdos e imotos

Navigavamo nel vasto Oceano Scoprendo i mari nemici    (difendici       dai nemici) Onde inquiete Da bianca schiuma i mari si mostravano    coperti Passando due inverni e due estati    (difendici dai demoni infernali) Dando vela a venti così diversi    (difendici       dai nemici          demoni infernali, neri e ardenti) I venti Tanto furore dei venti nemici Quale Austro feroce    feroce Borea       al feroce Noto Nel mare tanta tormenta e tanta rovina Incontrata la morte tante volte    la fragile forza umana Vedemmo i segreti nascosti del mondo    facendo voto Invano agli Dei vani, sordi e immobili Abitatori eterni del lucente    polo delle stelle Là nell’Olimpo stellato La luce celeste ricoprendo le genti Gli Dei nell’Olimpo luminoso Luce Gli Dei Il Dio che un tempo ebbe corpo umano    il Dio Notturno Luce Gli Dei dell’acqua fredda    Dei del mare       Tifeo       Adamastor       Nettuno furibondo Luce Gli Dei su seggi di cristallo    vani, sordi e immobili

We sailed across the wide ocean Discovering hostile seas    (defend us       from enemies) Unsettled waves In white foam the seas were    covered Two winters and two summers pass    (defend us from the demons of hell) Unfurling the sails to winds so varied    (defend us       from enemies          demons of hell, black and burning) The winds So much fury in these hostile winds As wild Auster    wild Boreas       to wild Notus In the sea, such tempests and wrecks We encountered death so many times    the frail human condition We saw the hidden secrets of the world    making a vow In vain to vain Gods, deaf and still Eternal inhabitants of the bright    pole of the stars There in the starry Olympus Celestial light covering the masses Gods in the lit Olympus Light Gods The God who once had a human body    The God of the Night Light Gods of cold water    Gods of the sea       Tipheus       Adamastor       furious Neptune Light Gods on chairs of crystal    vain, deaf and still

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