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by Karl Kraus (1874 - 1936)

Translation © by Michael P Rosewall

Wir verkünden euch den Wechsel im Jahr

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Wir verkünden euch den Wechsel im Jahr,
ihr fragt uns um Rat
und wir sagen euch wahr
und wir führen die Tat.
Wir weben und wissen.
 
Ihr habt das Gesetz, wir haben die Welt
und uns ist erlaubt,
was uns gefällt.
O kommt und glaubt!
Wir lieben Verliebte.

Text Authorship:

by Karl Kraus (1874 - 1936), appears in Worte in Versen [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 Ernst Křenek (1900 - 1991), "Wir verkünden euch den Wechsel im Jahr", op. 68 no. 2 (1931), published 1932 [ coloratura soprano and piano or orchestra (2 flutes and string orchestra) ], from Die Nachtigall für Koloratursopran und Klavier, no. 2, Wien und Leipzig, Universal Edition [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "We proclaim to you the change of the year", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-04
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Word count: 48

We proclaim to you the change of the year

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

We proclaim to you the change of the year,
You ask for our advice
And we speak truthfully to you
And we mind the matter.
We weave and we know.

You have your laws, we have the world
And are permitted
To do what we want.
O, come and believe!
We love lovers.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Kraus (1874 - 1936), appears in Worte in Versen
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This text was added to the website: 2024-03-01
Line count: 10
Word count: 53