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by Joachim Johann Daniel Zimmermann
Translation © by Michael P Rosewall

Hoffnung
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG ITA
Aria
 Hoffe nur, geplagtes Herze,
 daß der Himmel nach dem Schmerze
 dich auch einst erfreuen kann!
 Weg mit ängstichen Gebärden!
 Der Verhängnis lässt mich nicht
 meiner Feinde Hohnlied werden,
 und ich höre, dass es spricht:
 Dir wird nächstens wohlgetan.

Recitative
 Die Hoffnung stürzt mich noch,
 sonst läg ich wirklich schon;
 ihr angehnemer Ton
 verstopft mein Ohr
 vor jener bittern Melodie,
 mit der die Grillen
 bei der verdrüssliche Melancholie
 so Kopf als Herze füllen.

 Lass sein, mein Glücke wankt;
 draus folgt nicht, dass es fällt;
 die Hoffnung, die mich stets
 mit starken Armen hält,
 entreisst mich der Gefahr,
 von der ich ohne sie
 nicht zu befreien war.

Aria
 Mein Glücke nimmt sich Zeit,
 drum lass ich mir's gefallen;
 es komme wenn es kommt,
 so nehm ich's freudig an.
 Kommt es nicht heute,
 so kommt es doch morgen;
 der Himmel wird mich doch versorgen;
 er weiss schon, dass ich warten kann.

Text Authorship:

  • by Joachim Johann Daniel Zimmermann  [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 Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767), "Hoffnung", from cantata Moralische Kantaten, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Dr Michael P. Rosewall) , "Hope", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "La speranza", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Amelia Maria Imbarrato

This text was added to the website: 2005-10-30
Line count: 34
Word count: 149

Hope
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Aria
Tormented heart, hope that
After pain, you may enjoy
Heaven one day!
Away with your frightened attitude!
Destiny won’t allow me
To be the target of my enemy’s scorn,
And I hear it say to me:
It will be well for you in the future.

Recitative
Hope still strengthens me,
Otherwise I would yet be lying down;
Its comforting sound
Has blocked from my ear
Every bitter melody,
With which the crickets
Of annoying sadness
Might fill my head and my heart.

Let it be, my good fortune wavers;
But it doesn’t follow that it should be so;
Hope, which always holds me
With powerful arms,
Protects me from dangers
And without it,
I could not be free.

Aria
My good fortune takes its time,
Thus, I am pleased to allow it to happen;
It comes when it comes,
So, I gladly welcome it.
If it does not arrive today,
It will certainly arrive tomorrow; 
Heaven will indeed provide;
It already knows that I am able to wait.

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  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2022 by Michael P Rosewall, (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 Joachim Johann Daniel Zimmermann
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This text was added to the website: 2022-09-05
Line count: 34
Word count: 169

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