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GUEST,Grishka	Ellens Dritter Gesang; Fragen (28)	RE: Ellens Dritter Gesang; Fragen	04 Feb 14
My translation (FWIW): Would you kindly incline to the virgin, to the child who begs for the father. Scott's original makes the point more precisely: Hear for a maid a maiden's prayer; And for a father bear a child! The translator Adam Storck did not exactly do a splendid job; had he only known that he was breaking the tongues of singers worldwide and for centuries (particularly of those who wished to convey the meaning to a German-speaking audience - pretty hopeless)! It is of course not practical to sing the original with Schubert's tune. Singable translations exist, but Scott's ghost is daunting.

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