Herrgott, weißt du, was du tatest (Waldemar)
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Danish (Dansk)
Waldemar:
Herrgott, weißt du, was du tatest,
als klein Tove mir verstarb?
Triebst mich aus der letzten Freistatt,
die ich meinem Glück erwarb!
Herr, du solltest wohl erröten:
Bettlers einz'ges Lamm zu töten!
Herrgott, ich bin auch ein Herrscher,
und es ist mein Herrscherglauben:
Meinem Untertanen darf ich nie
die letzte Leuchte rauben.
Falsche Wege schlägst du ein:
Das heißt wohl Tyrann, nicht Herrscher sein!
Herrgott, deine Engelscharen
singen stets nur deinen Preis,
doch dir wäre mehr vonnöten
einer, der zu tadeln weiß.
Und wer mag solches wagen?
Laß mich, Herr, die Kappe deines Hofnarrn tragen!
Translation(s): CAT ENG FRE ITA
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable): - FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title unknown, copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title unknown, copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Linda Godry) , title unknown, copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , title unknown, copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Text added to the website: 2013-08-14.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:05:18
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Word count: 96
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Lord God, do you know what you were...
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Waldemar:
Lord God, do you know what you were doing,
when my little Tove died?
You drove me from the last safe hold
I had won for my happiness!
Lord, you should be ashamed
to kill a beggar's only lamb!
Lord God, I am a King myself,
and as that, it is my firm belief
that I must never
rob a subservient's last light.
You are doing wrong:
Thus being a tyrant not a ruler!
Lord God, your heavenly hosts
endlessly sing your praise,
but you badly need somebody
to tell you where you are wrong.
And who, pray, will be so daring?
Let me, Lord, wear your court jester's cap!
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Text added to the website: 2004-11-22.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:05:18
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Word count: 111
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