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Willkommen junges frisches Licht, Das zwischen grünen Maienzweigen, Thauhell auf meine Pfade bricht, Und mich umtanzt im blanken Reigen Zu dieser Morgenstunde! Mich locken Lieb' und Ehr und Mai; Ach Gott, wie spielt sichs froh und frei, Mit Hieb und Stoß und Wunde! Isula ist mein Feldgeschrei; Mir ist, als wär sie mit dabei. Glück auf! Montalto zögert nicht. Durch schlanker Bäume Weh'n und Neigen, Das ihm den Harnisch grün umflicht, Seh' ich herauf ihn eilig steigen In diese Waldesrunde. Willkommen edler Gegner, sey! Nun gehn wir frisch ans Werk allzwei Im hohen Ritterbunde. Ich sprech' in mir mein Feldgeschrei, Und rufe laut: Zum Kampf herbei!
Confirmed with Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, "Folko und Isula. Lieder eines Troubadours," Taschenbuch für das Jahr 1814. Der Liebe und Freundschaft gewidmet, herausgegeben von Dr. St. Schütze, Frankfurt am Mayn: bei Friedrich Wilman, [1814], pages 100-101
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843), "Der Hingang" [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 Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "Der Hingang", from Folko und Isula: Sieben Lieder eine Troubadours von Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The way there", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2016-03-15
Line count: 20
Word count: 106
Welcome, fresh young light, That from between the green branches of May Breaks upon my path in dewy brightness, And dances about me in a shining roundelay In this morning hour! I am enticed by love and honour and Maytime; Ah God, how one toys happily and freely With blows and jabs and wounds! Isula is my battle-cry; It seems to me that she is here with me. Good luck to you! Montalto does not tarry. Through the waving and bowing of slender trees, Which weave greenly about his harness, I see him rapidly approaching This clearing in the woods. Be welcome, noble opponent! Now we two shall briskly undertake the task In the lofty bond of knighthood. Within me I utter my battle-cry, And call loudly: Come to the combat!
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843), "Der Hingang"
This text was added to the website: 2016-03-15
Line count: 20
Word count: 131