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Translations available for the entire opus: ENG FRE ITA 

4. Die Beiden  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Sie trug den Becher in der Hand
-- Ihr Kinn und Mund glich seinem Rand --
So leicht und sicher war ihr Gang,
Kein Tropfen aus dem Becher sprang.

So leicht und fest war seine Hand:
Er ritt auf einem jungen Pferde
Und mit nachlässiger Gebärde
Erzwang er, daß es zitternd stand.

Jedoch wenn er aus ihrer Hand 
Den leichten Becher nehmen sollte,
So war es beiden [allzu]1 schwer:
Denn beide bebten sie so sehr,
Daß keine Hand die andre fand,
Und dunkler Wein am Boden rollte.

Text Authorship:

  • by Hugo Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal (1874 - 1929), "Die Beiden"

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

  • ENG English (Walter Meyer) , "The Two", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Walter Meyer) , "The Two", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Markham Anderson) , "The two", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Tous deux", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "I due", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Confirmed with Deutsche Lyrik seit Liliencron, herausgegeben von Hans Bethge, Leipzig: Hesse & Becker Verlag, 1921, pp. 119-120.

1 Schoenberg, Zemlinsky: "gar zu"

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