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Oben auf des Berges Spitze Liegt das Schloß in Nacht gehüllt; Doch im Tale leuchten Blitze, Helle Schwerter klirren wild. Das sind Brüder, die dort fechten Grimmen Zweikampf, wutentbrannt. Sprich, warum die Brüder rechten Mit dem Schwerte in der Hand? Gräfin Lauras Augenfunken Zündeten den Brüderstreit. Beide glühen liebestrunken Für die adlig holde Maid. Welchem aber von den beiden Wendet sich ihr Herze zu? Kein Ergrübeln kann's entscheiden - Schwert heraus, entscheide du! Und sie fechten kühn verwegen, Hieb auf Hiebe niederkracht's. Hütet euch, ihr wilden Degen. [Böses Blendwerk schleicht des]1 Nachts. Wehe! Wehe! blut'ge Brüder! Wehe! Wehe! blut'ges Tal! Beide Kämpfer stürzen nieder, Einer in des andern Stahl. - Viel Jahrhunderte verwehen, Viel Geschlechter deckt das Grab; Traurig von des Berges Höhen Schaut das öde Schloß herab. Aber nachts, im Talesgrunde, Wandelt's heimlich, wunderbar; Wenn da kommt die zwölfte Stunde, Kämpfet dort das Brüderpaar.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Schumann: "Grausig Blendwerk schleichet"
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Zwei Brüder", appears in Buch der Lieder, in Junge Leiden, in Romanzen, no. 3 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Joseph Matthias Hubert Beltjens (1820 - 1909), "Die zwei Brüder : Ballade von H. Heine ", op. 2 [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johanna Kinkel (1810 - 1858), "Die beiden Brüder", note: may be incorrect text for this title [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Die feindlichen Brüder", op. 49 (Romanzen und Balladen für Singstimme und Klavier (Heft 2)) no. 2 (1840), published 1844 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Wöhler , "Zwei Brüder: Romanze", op. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De vijandige broers", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Lassù in cima alla montagna sta il castello nascosto nella notte; ma a valle balenano lampi, risuona clangore selvaggio di spade. Sono fratelli che là combattono in furioso duello, ardenti d'odio. Ma parla, perché mai i fratelli brandiscono la spada? I begli occhi di Madonna Laura accesero la lotta fratricida; entrambi ardevano ebbri d'amore per la soave nobile fanciulla. Ma a quale dei due si sarebbe rivolto il suo cuore? Nessun accordo può decidere, - fuori la spada, decidi tu! E combattono fieri e coraggiosi, rimbomba colpo su colpo. In guardia, spade tremende, maligna illusione porta la notte Ahimè! Ahimè! Fratelli sanguinari! Ahimè! Ahimè! Valle sanguinosa! Tutti e due i combattenti cadono, ciascuno sulla spada dell'altro. - Molti secoli sono passati, molte generazioni copre la tomba; triste dall'alto della montagna guarda giù lo squallido castello. Ma di notte, nel fondo della valle, appare quacosa di misterioso, di fantastico: quando viene la dodicesima ora, là combattono ancora i due fratelli.
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Translation of title "Die feindlichen Brüder" = "I fratelli nemici"Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2006 by Amelia Maria Imbarrato, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Zwei Brüder", appears in Buch der Lieder, in Junge Leiden, in Romanzen, no. 3
This text was added to the website: 2006-01-26
Line count: 32
Word count: 157