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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
Translation © by Kelly Dean Hansen

Gleich wie Echo frohen Liedern
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Die Frauen:
 Gleich wie Echo frohen Liedern
 Fröhlich Antwort geben muß,
 So auch nahn wir und erwidern
 Dankend den galanten Gruß.

Die Männer:
 Oh, ihr Güt'gen und Charmanten!
 Für des Echos holden Schwung
 Nehmt der lust'gen Musikanten
 Ganz ergebne Huldigung!

Die Frauen:
 Doch ihr huldigt, will's uns dünken,
 Andern Göttern nebenbei.
 Rot und golden sehn wir's blinken
 Sagt, wie das zu nehmen sei?

Die Männer:
 Teure! zierlich, mit drei Fingern,
 Sichrer, mit der ganzen Hand -
 Und so füllt man aus den Dingern 's
 Glas nicht halb, nein, bis zum Rand.

Die Frauen:
 Nun, wir sehen, ihr seid Meister.
 Doch wir sind heut liberal;
 Hoffentlich, als schöne Geister,
 Treibt ihr's etwas ideal.

Die Männer:
 Jeder nippt und denkt die Seine,
 Und wer nichts Besondres weiß:
 Nun - der trinkt ins Allgemeine
 Frisch zu aller Schönen Preis!

Alle:
 Recht so! Klingt denn in die Runde
 An zu Dank und Gegendank!
 Sänger, Fraun, wo die im Bunde,
 Da gibt's einen hellen Klang!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Damen-Liedertafel in Danzig", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Sängerleben, in Tafellieder, no. 1 [author's text not yet checked 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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Tafellied", op. 93b (1884), published 1885 [ SAATBB chorus and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Kelly Dean Hansen) , "Chorus of Homage", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant de table", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2004-04-02
Line count: 35
Word count: 158

Chorus of Homage
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
The women:
 Just as the echo of happy songs
 must give a happy answer,
 so we also approach and return
 the gallant greeting with thanks. 

The men:
 Oh, you kind and charming ones!
 For the fair flight of the echo
 Take from the joyful musicians
 the homage that is offered! 

The women:
 Ah, but we perceive that you pay homage
 to other Gods as well.
 Red and gold we see it twinkling,
 Tell us how should we take that? 

The men:
 Dear ones!  Daintily with three fingers,
 more securely with the entire hand -
 And so the glass is filled from those
 not halfway, but to the rim. 

The women:
 Now we see that you are masters.
 But we are liberal today.
 Hopefully, as handsome spirits
 you can be led to some ideal. 

The men:
 Each one sips and thinks of his own lady
 and he who doesn't have one in particular -
 now, he drinks in general
 renewed praise to all beautiful ones! 

All:
 That is right!  All around clink
 toasts and returned toasts!
 Where singers and women are united,
 there will be a bright sound!

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2009 by Kelly Dean Hansen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Damen-Liedertafel in Danzig", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Sängerleben, in Tafellieder, no. 1
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-28
Line count: 35
Word count: 185

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