Fangt an'
Language: German (Deutsch) after the German (Deutsch)
König
Fangt an!
Jüngling
Lausche, Jungfrau, aus der Höhe
Einem Liede, dir geweiht,
Daß ein Traum dich lind' umwehe
Aus der Kindheit Rosenzeit.
Von dem kerzenhellen Saale,
Wo du throntest, blieb ich fern,
Wo um dich beim reichen Mahle
Freudig saßen edle Herrn;
Mit der Freude nur vertraut,
Hätten Frohes sie begehrt,
Nicht der Liebe Klagelaut,
Nicht der Kindheit Recht geehrt.
Jüngling und Königin
Ja, die Zeit ist hingeflogen,
Die Erinnrung weichet nie;
[König
[ Was hör' ich! sie vergessen sich beide in dem Lied,
[ Der König zornentbrannt nach seinem Schwerte greift!
[Jüngling und Königin
[ Als ein lichter Regenbogen
[ Steht auf trüben Wolken sie.
[ Wie ein lichter Regenbogen!
[Königin
[ Schauen flieht mein süßer Schmerz,
[ Daß nicht die Erinnrung schwinde.
[ Sage das nur, ob dein Herz
[ Noch der Kindheit Lust empfinde?
[Jüngling
[ Und es schwieg der Sohn der Lieder,
[ Der am Fuß des Turmes saß;
[ Und vom Fenster klang es nieder,
[ Und es glänzt' im dunklen Gras:
[ «Nimm den Ring und denke mein,
[ Denk an unsrer Kindheit Schöne!
[ Nimm ihn hin! ein Edelstein
[ Glänzt darauf und eine Träne!»
Königin (sich vergessend)
In Liebesarmen ruht ihr trunken,
des Lebens Früchte winken euch;
ein Blick nur ist auf mich gesunken,
doch bin ich vor euch allen reich!
Das Glück der Erde miss' ich gern,
Und blick', ein Märtyrer, hinan,
Denn über mir in gold'ner Ferne
Hat sich der Himmel aufgethan!
König (wüthend)
Mein Volk habt ihr verführt,
Verlockt ihr nun mein Weib?
Stirb, feiger Sklavensohn!
[Königin
[ Ach! Weh!
[Chorus
[ Weh! hin sank sein blut'ger Leib!
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable): - ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Begin!", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Commence !", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Begin!
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
King
Begin!
Youth
Listen, maiden, from on high
To a song that is dedicated to you!
In order that a dream from the rosy time of childhood
May gently waft about you.
I remained far away from the hall,
Bright with candles, in which you sat enthroned,
Where about you at the rich feast
Noble lords sat happily.
Familiar only with happiness,
They would have wished for something joyful,
Would not have honoured the lamenting tones of love,
Not the rights of childhood.
Youth and Queen
Yes, time has flown by,
But remembrance never passes;
[King
[ What do I hear! they both forget themselves in the song,
[ Burning with rage, the king reaches for his sword!
[Youth and Queen
[ As a bright rainbow
[ It stands upon the dismal clouds.
[ Like a bright rainbow!
Queen
[ My sweet pain flees from scrutiny,
[ So that remembrance does not vanish.
[ Only tell me this, does your heart
[ Still feel the joy of childhood?
[Youth
[ And the son of songs fell silent,
[ He who sat at the base of the tower;
[ And from the window above there came a sound,
[ And something gleamed in the dark grass.
[ "Take the ring and think of me,
[ Think of the beauty of our childhood!
[ Take it! a precious stone
[ Gleams upon it and a tear.
Queen (forgetting herself)
Intoxicated you lie in the arms of love,
The fruits of life beckon you;
Only one gaze has sunk down upon me,
Yet I am richer than all of you!
I gladly do without the happiness of earth,
And, a martyr, I gaze upward,
For above me in the golden distance
Heaven has opened!
King (furiously)
You have inveigled my people,
Now you beguile my wife?
Die, cowardly son of slaves!
[Queen
[ Alas! Woe!
[Chorus
[ Woe! his bloody body sank down!
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