Moonlight Sonata

Based on a story narrated by the musician Enrique Baldovino

North Pole
Original PPS in Portuguese from Edison de Piracicaba - Brazil ( epiazza@terra.com.br )
Adapted and translated from Portuguese by:
Pedro & Mila Ramos / Dowerglen, RSA August/07
Music: Mondscheinesonate - Ludwig Van Beethoven
SONATA LUNII
Gate of Alcal
Madrid
Who did not have in life moments of extreme pain?
Who has never felt, at some moment in life, the desire to give up?
Cine nu a avut n via momente de durere extrem?
Cine nu a simit uneori dorina de a renuna?
Tower of Belem
Lisbon
Who has not yet felt lonely, extremely lonely,
and had the sensation of having lost all hope?
Cine nu s-a simit uneori singur,extrem de singur, avnd senzaia
pierderii oricrei sperane?
Notre Dame
Paris
Not even famous, rich, important people are exempt from
having their moments of solitude and deep bitterness.
Nici cei mai faimoi ,bogai, importani oameni din lume nu sunt
scutii de momente de solitudine i extrem amrciune.
It was exactly what happened with one of the most remarkable composers
of all times, Ludwig Van Beethoven, who was born in 1770, in Bonn, Germany,
and died in Vienna, Austria, in 1827.
Exact ce s-a ntmplat cu unul din cei mai remarcabili compozitori ai
tuturor timpurilor,Ludwig Van Beethoven, nscut la Bonn, Germania,
n 1770 i decedat la Vienna, Austria n 1827.
Rathaus
Vienna
Beethoven was going through one of these sorrowful, sombre and
gloomy periods. He was very sad and depressed by the death of a
German prince, who was his benefactor and as a second father to him.
Beethoven trecea prin una din acele perioade de tristee, sumbre i
ntunecate.Era foarte trist i deprimat de moartea prinului Germaniei, care
a fost binefctorul su i un al doilea tat.
Brandenburg Gate
Berlin
The young composer suffered from a great lack of affection.
His father was a drunkard who used to assault him physically.
He died on the streets, due to alcoholism.
Tnrul compozitor suferea de o mare lips de afeciune.Tatl su , un
beivan care obinuia sa l agreseze fizic, a murit pe strzi din cauza
alcoolismului .
His mother died very young. His biological brother never helped him and,
on top of it all, he felt his illness was getting worse. Symptoms of deafness
started to disturb him, leaving him nervous and irritable.
Suleimans Mosque
Istanbul
Mama sa a murit foarte tnr .Fratele su biologic nu l-a ajutat niciodat
,i pe deasupra el simea c boala sa se nrutea.Simptomele surditii
ncepuser s l deranjeze,fcndu-l nervos i iritabil.
Sacr Coeur
Paris
Beethoven could only hear using a kind of horn-shaped trumpet in his ear.
He always carried with him a notebook, where people could write
and so communicate with him. But they did not have patience for this,
nor him to read their lips.
Beethoven putea auzi doar printr-un fel de trompet introdus n urechea
sa.Totdeauna purta cu sine un caiet de notie ,unde oamenii puteau s
scrie i s comunice cu el.Dar ei nu aveau rbdare cu acesta ,dac el nu le
putea citi pe buze.
Tower Bridge
London
Noticing that nobody understood and wanted to help him, Beethoven
withdrew into himself and avoided people. Therefore he earned the
fame of being a misanthrope. For all these reasons the composer fell
into deep depression. He even prepared his will, saying that maybe it
was better for him to commit suicide.
Observnd ca nimeni nu l nelegea i nu voia s-l ajute,Beethoven se
retrgea n sine i evita oamenii.De aceea i-a ctigat faima de
mizantrop.Din toate aceste motive compozitorul a czut ntr-o adnc
depresie. Se i pregtise sufletete,spunndu-i c poate era mai bine pentru
el s se sinucid.
Parliament
Brussels
But as no child of God is forgotten, the helping hand Beethoven needed
came through a blind young woman who lived in the same boarding house
where he had moved to, and who one night told him, shouting at his ears:

I would give everything to see the moonlight.
Dar cum nici un copil al Domnului nu este uitat, mna att de necesar
de ajutor a venit printr-o tnr femeie oarb care locuia n aceeai cas unde
el se mutase ,i care ntr-o noapte i-a spus, ipndu-i la ureche:
A da orice s vd lumina lunii !
Church of Our Lady before Tyn
Prague
Listening to her, Beethoven was moved to tears.
After all, he could see!
After all, he could compose music and write it in paper!
Ascultnd-o ,Beethoven a fost micat pn la lacrimi. Pn la urma ,el
putea vedea! El putea compune muzic i putea s-o transcrie pe hrtie!
Cathedral
Cologne
A strong will to live came back to Beethoven and led him to
compose one of the most beautiful pieces of music of all times:
Mondscheinsonate Moonlight Sonata .
O puternic dorin de a tri a revenit la Beethoven i l-a cluzit
s compun una din cele mai frumoase piese de muzic din toate
timpurile : Sonata lunii !
Parliament
Budapest
In its main theme, the melody imitates and resembles the slow steps
of people, possibly of Beethoven himself and others, carrying the
coffin of the German prince, his friend, patron and benefactor.
n tema ei principal , melodia imit i seamn cu paii ncei ai
oamenilor, posibil ai lui Beethoven i ai altora, ducnd sicriul prinului
Germaniei, prietenul, patronul i binefctorul su.
Lisbon
Looking at the silvery moonlit sky, and remembering the blind
young woman, as asking the reasons for the death of his dear
friend, he falls into deep and profound meditation.
Uitndu-se la cerul luminat de luna argintie ,i amintindu-i de tnra
femeie oarb ,i ntrebndu-se n acelai timp de motivele morii dragului
su prieten, el a intrat intr-o adnc meditaie.
St. Peters Square
Vatican
Some music scholars say that the notes that repeat themselves,
insistently, in the main theme of the 1 movement of the Sonata, might be
the syllables of the words Warum? Warum? (Why? Why?) or another
word in German of similar meaning.
Unii nvcei n muzic spun c notele care se repet insistent, n tema
principal a primei pri a Sonatei , ar putea fi silabele cuvntului de
ce sau a unui cuvnt asemntor n limba german.
Coliseum
Rome
Years after having overcome his sorrow, suffering and pain, came the
incomparable Ode to Joy from his Ninth Symphony, Beethovens
magnum opus, which crowned the life work of this remarkable composer.
He conducted the first performance himself in 1824, and by then being
totally deaf, failed to hear the applause.
Anii de dup nvingerea tristeei, suferinei i durerii, au venit cu incomparabila
Od bucuriei din a sa Simfonia a noua,capodopera sa , care a ncoronat
munca de o via a acestui remarcabil compozitor. i-a intrepretat opera prima
oar n 1824,dar fiind total surd,nu a putut auzi aplauzele.
St. Marks Square
Venice
One of the soloists gently turned him around, to see the hall full of a wildly
cheering, applauding, and hat-waving audience. It is said the Ode to Joy
expresses Beethovens gratitude to life and to God,
for not having committed suicide.
Unul din solitii si l-a ntors blnd, s vad mulimea aplaudnd,
ovaionnd i vibrnd. Se spune ca Od bucuriei exprim gratitudinea
lui Beethoven fa de via i de Dumnezeu pentru c nu s-a sinucis.
Acropolis
Athens
And all this thanks to that blind young woman, who inspired in him the desire
to translate, in musical notes, a moonlit night: rays of moonlight weaving
themselves in the sweet strains of a wondrously beautiful melody.
i toate astea muumit acelei femei tinere oarbe, care l-a inspirat n
dorina de a traduce n note muzicale ,o noapte luminat de lun: razele
lunii mpletindu-se n dulcile acorduri ale minunat de frumoasei melodii.
St. Basils Cathedral
Kremlin - Moscow
Using his sensibility, Beethoven, the composer who could not hear,
portrayed, through his beautiful melody, the beauty of a night bathed
by the moonlight, for a girl who could not see it with her physical eyes.
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Folosindu-i sensibilitatea , Beethoven ,compozitorul care nu putea
auzi, a conturat prin aceast minunat melodie, frumuseea unei nopi
scldat de razele lunii, pentru o fat care nu o putea vedea cu ochii si
fizici.