Mountain Range: La sera sper il lag

The Evening at the Lake

A solemn quiet here on the shore,
The lake is covered with shade,
The beautiful sun in his late light,
Humbled behind the mountains.

And in the sky, the many stars of the sky,
Look gently down into the darkness.
My heart, you ask again,
Sink yourself into sweet sleep.

A musical interpretation of a mountain scene has been performed by choirs and brass bands. The melody might remind you of the pop song, The Rose.

Music by Gion Balzer Casanova
b. Aug. 16, 1938, Switzerland

Written in the Romansh language, the “national” language of Switzerland, this was voted THE Romansh song. The national language is symbolic, but the “official” languages of Switzerland are German, French and Italian.

Words by Flurin Camathias
b. 1871, Laax, Switzerland
d. 1946, Laax, Switzerland

The words in Romansh: [1]

La sera sper il lag

Solem ruaus, ruaus cheu silla riva,
d’umbriva stat il lag curclaus,
il bi sulegl, cun sia glisch tardiva,
davos ils cuolms ei sesbassaus,
il bi sulegl, cun sia glisch tardiva,
davos ils cuolms ei sesbassaus.

E gui da tschiel, da tschiel las steilas biaras,
migeivel miran giu el stgir,
miu cor tgei aunc, miu cor tgei aunc empiaras,
va era ti tier dultsch durmir,
miu cor tgei aunc, miu cor tgei aunc empiaras,
va era ti tier dultsch durmir.

The words in French: [2]

Le soir au bord du lac

Un calme solennel ici sur la rive
Le lac est couvert d’ombre
Le beau soleil dans sa lumière tardive
S’est abaissé derrière les montagnes

Et du ciel les nombreuses étoiles
Regardent doucement en bas dans l’obscurité.
Mon cœur, que demandes-tu encore
Enfonce-toi dans le doux sommeil.

Notes:

[1] Lyrics:  http://www.marcellopedruzzi.com/#!La-sera-sper-il-lag/c1kiu/5708013e0cf2c53596ad2da9

[2] French:  http://choeur.ch/sites/default/files/u3/La-sera-sper-il-lag-Th-Epiney.pdf

[3] Listen to the choir:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq9KsnWLUMY

[4] Listen to the brass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VoiV1cJQwU

[5] Painting pictured above, “Untitled,” by J. Medina, looks like it was made with a palette knife and thick paint.  Sorry I don’t have an example of a mountain scene with stars.  Especially sorry that I don’t have some art by Rockwell Kent, like, “Starlight,”  http://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?museum=&t=objects&type=ext&f=&s=&record=0&maker=Kent%2C+Rockwell or like, “To The Stars,” one of my favorite paintings, http://www.artnet.com/artists/rockwell-kent/to-the-stars-R0INE9VbSp6sA6eVBmHXmg2