William Wu吳文修：Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein清晨的玫瑰色光芒熠熠生輝／Wagner's Die Meistersinger名歌手／1978.

Maestro William Wu (吳文修教授, 1935-2009) was a primo dramatic tenor of the National Opera House in Berlin during 1973-79. His biography has been included in Who’s Who in Opera, The New York Times, since 1976, where he was further selected as one of the 50 leading classical singers in the world. His outstanding performance as Radames in Verdi’s Aida in Tokyo won him the 1984 Vienna World Opera Award. His faultless vocalization is mainly based upon anatomic physiology and modern sound science fascinating with uniquely perfect high notes and solid middle register. It is the profound feelings in the every note he sings that is particularly touching.

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[Synopsis of “Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein” fm “Die Meistersinger” by Wagner]

In Act 3, Scene 5 of “Die Meistersinger” (Setting: meadow by the Pegnitz River), the prize contest begins. Beckmesser attempts to sing the verses that he had obtained from Sachs. However, he garbles the words "Morgen ich leuchte" and fails to fit them to an appropriate melody, and ends up singing so clumsily that the crowd laughs him off. Before storming off in anger, he yells that the song was not even his: Hans Sachs tricked him into singing it. The crowd is confused. How could the great Hans Sachs have written such a bad song? Sachs tells them that the song is not his own, and also that it is in fact a beautiful song which the masters will love when they hear it sung correctly. To prove this, he calls a witness: Walther. The people are so curious about the song that they allow Walther to sing it, and everyone is won over. They declare Walther the winner, and the mastersingers want to make him a member of their guild.

[華格納樂劇《紐倫堡的名歌手》的詠嘆調「清晨的玫瑰色光芒熠熠生輝」(當選歌)的劇情概要]

在《紐倫堡的名歌手》的第3幕第5景中(場景：佩格尼茨河邊的草地），大獎賽開始。貝克梅瑟試唱他從薩克斯那裡得到的詩句。但他把Morgen ich leuchte這些詞弄亂了，無法與合適的旋律匹配，終究唱得很糟，引來眾人爆笑。他憤怒之餘，大喊這首歌不是他的，是薩克斯騙他唱這首歌。眾人一頭霧水：偉大的漢斯·薩克斯怎會寫出這麼糟糕的歌？薩克斯告訴大家這首歌不是他自己的，而且其實是一首美妙的歌曲，當大家聽到正確的歌聲時，一定會很喜歡。為了證明他所言不虛，他傳喚證人華爾特。大家都對這首歌非常好奇，就讓華爾特演唱，果然每個人都被征服了。他們宣布華爾特為獲勝者，而且要讓他成為他們協會的一員。稍後波格納將大師勳章戴在華爾特脖子上。

[German Lyrics of “Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein” fm “Die Meistersinger” by Wagner]

Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein,
von Blüt' und Duft geschwellt die Luft,
voll aller Wonnen, nie ersonnen, ein Garten lud mich ein, dort unter einem Wunderbaum,
von Früchten reich behangen, zu schau'n in sel'gem Liebestraum, was höchstem Lustverlangen.
Erfüllung kühn verhiess, das schönste Weib: Eva im Paradies!

Abendlich dämmernd umschloss mich die Nacht;
auf steilem Pfad war ich genaht zu einer Quelle reiner Welle,
die lockend mir gelacht:
dort unter einem Lorbeerbaum, von Sternen hell durchschienen,
ich schaut' im wachen Dichtertraum, von heilig holden Mienen,
mich netzend mit dem edlen Nass, das hehrste Weib, die Muse des Parnass!

Huldreichster Tag, dem ich aus Dichters Traum erwacht!
Das ich erträumt, das Paradies, in himmlisch neu verklärter Pracht hell vor mir lag,
dahin lachend nun der Quell den Pfad mir wies;
die, dort geboren, mein Herz erkoren,
der Erde lieblichstes Bild, als Muse mir geweiht, so heilig hehr als mild,
ward kühn von mir gefreit, am lichten Tag der Sonnen,
durch Sanges Sieg gewonnen Parnass und Paradies!"

[English transl. of the lyrics of “Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein” from “Die Meistersinger” by Wagner]

Shining in the rosy light of morning,
the air heavy with blossom and scent, full of every unthought-of-joy,
a garden invited me and, beneath a wondrous tree there, richly hung with fruit,
to behold in blessed dream of love,
boldly promising fulfilment to the highest of joy's desires,
the most beautiful woman: Eva in Paradise.

In the evening twilight, night enfolded me;
on a steep path I had approached a spring of pure water,
which laughed enticingly to me:
there beneath a laurel-tree, with stars shining brightly through its leaves,
in a poet's waking dream I beheld, holy and fair of countenance,
and sprinkling me with the precious water,
the most wonderful woman, the Muse of Parnassus!

Most gracious day, on which I awoke from a poet's dream!
The Paradise of which I had dreamed in heavenly, new-transfigured splendor lay bright before me,
to which the spring laughingly now showed me the path;
she, born there, my heart's elect, earth's loveliest picture, destined to be my Muse,
as holy and grave as she is mild, was boldly wooed by me;
in the sun's bright daylight, through victory in song, I had won Parnassus and Paradise!

[華格納樂劇《紐倫堡的名歌手》的詠嘆調「清晨的玫瑰色光芒熠熠生輝」(當選歌)的歌詞中譯]

清晨的玫瑰色光芒熠熠生輝，空氣中瀰漫著花香，充滿著所有意想不到的快樂。
花園跟它裡面一棵碩果累累的奇妙果樹，邀請我在幸福的愛之夢中，
大膽追求至高無上的喜悅願望 ― 凝視最美的女人，天堂的伊娃。

黃昏時分，夜幕包圍著我。
在一條陡峭的小路上，我走近一股純淨的泉水，
它迷人地笑著對我說：
有一棵月桂樹，星星透過它的樹葉閃閃發光，
我在一位詩人的夢中凝視著美麗聖潔的容顏，
她將珍貴的水灑在我身上，
她是最美的女人，是帕納蘇斯的繆斯女神！

那是最優雅的一天，我從詩人的夢中醒來！
我夢寐以求的天堂煥然一新，在我面前熠熠生輝，
春天笑著給我指路；
她，生於斯，是我心中的首選，
是世上最美的畫像，命中註定是我的繆斯，
既溫柔又神聖莊重，被我大膽地求愛；
在陽光明媚的白天，藉由歌唱的勝利，我贏得了帕納蘇斯和天堂！