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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
Translation © by Amelia Maria Imbarrato

Es zogen zwei rüst'ge Gesellen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Es zogen zwei rüst'ge Gesellen
Zum erstenmal von Haus,
So jubelnd recht in die hellen,
[Klingenden]1, singenden Wellen
Des vollen Frühlings hinaus.

Die strebten nach hohen Dingen,
Die wollten, trotz Lust und Schmerz,
Was Recht's in der Welt vollbringen,
Und wem sie vorübergingen,
Dem lachten Sinnen und Herz. --

Der Erste, der fand ein Liebchen,
Die Schwieger kauft' Hof und Haus;
Der wiegte gar bald ein Bübchen,
Und sah aus heimlichen Stübchen
Behaglich in's Feld hinaus.

Dem Zweiten sangen und logen
Die tausend Stimmen im Grund,
Verlockend' Sirenen, und zogen
Ihn in [der buhlenden Wogen
Farbig klingenden Schlund]2.

Und wie er auftaucht vom Schlunde
Da war er müde und alt,
Sein Schifflein das lag im Grunde,
So still war's rings in [die]3 Runde
Und über [die]4 Wasser weht's kalt.

Es [singen und klingen]5 die Wellen
Des Frühlings wohl über mir;
Und seh' ich so kecke Gesellen,
Die Tränen im Auge mir schwellen -
Ach, Gott, führ' uns liebreich zu Dir!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   R. Schumann 

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1 Schumann: "In die klingenden"
2 Schumann: "die buhlenden Wogen,/ In der Wogen farbigen Schlund"
3 Schumann: "der"
4 schumann: "den"
5 Schumann: "klingen und singen"

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Die zwei Gesellen", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Sängerleben [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 Philipp Jarnach (1892 - 1982), "Die zwei Gesellen", 1915 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johann Langer (1861 - 1950), "Frühlingsfahrt" [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Frühlingsfahrt", op. 45 (Romanzen und Balladen für Singstimme und Klavier (Heft 1)) no. 2 (1840), published 1844 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Die zwei Gesellen", op. 52 no. 3 (185-?) [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) , "Op reis in de lente", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Les deux compagnons", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Due baldanzosi giovanotti", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 30
Word count: 165

Due baldanzosi giovanotti
Language: Italian (Italiano)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Due baldanzosi giovanotti
uscivano di casa per la prima volta,
così gioiosi incontro al canto
e al suono delle chiare onde
della piena primavera.

Aspiravano ad alti ideali,
volevano, non ostate gioie e dolori,
rendere piena giustizia al mondo,
e quando lo avessero compiuto,
sarebbero stati lieti mente e cuore.

Il primo, trovò una ragazza,
la suocera comprò casa e podere;
prestò lui cullava un bimbo,
e guardava dall'accogliente stanzetta
fuori verso i suoi campi.

Al secondo cantarono ingannevoli
mille voci nel fondo,
sirene allettanti, e lo travolsero
fra le onde della seduzione,
nel vortice variopinto delle onde.

E quando venne fuori dal vortice,
era vecchio e stanco,
la sua barchetta era rimasta nel fondo,
tutto era silenzio intorno,
e sull'acqua spirava un vento freddo.

Cantano e suonano le onde
della primavera intorno a me,
e quando vedo giovani così arditi,
mi vengon ole lacrime agli occhi.
Ah, Dio, guidaci con amore a Te!

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 Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Die zwei Gesellen", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Sängerleben
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This text was added to the website: 2006-06-11
Line count: 30
Word count: 154

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