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Egmont

Stage composition by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

2. Klärchens Lied I
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die Trommel gerühret,
Das Pfeifchen gespielt!
Mein Liebster gewaffnet
Dem Haufen befiehlt,
Die Lanze hoch führet, 
Die Leute regieret.
Wie klopft mir das Herz!
Wie wallt mir das Blut!
O hätt' ich ein Wämslein 
Und Hosen und Hut!

Ich folgt' ihm zum Tor 'naus
mit mutigem Schritt,
Ging' durch die Provinzen,
ging' überall mit.
Die Feinde schon weichen,
Wir schiessen da drein;
Welch' Glück sondergleichen,
Ein Mannsbild zu sein!

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Egmont

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

  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Bang the drum!", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "On bat le tambour!", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

5. Freudvoll und leidvoll
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Freudvoll
Und leidvoll,
Gedankenvoll seyn;
Langen
Und bangen
In schwebender Pein;
Himmelhoch jauchzend
Zum Tode betrübt;
Glücklich allein
Ist die Seele, die liebt.

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Egmont, Act III, Clärchen's song, first published 1788

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De liefde", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Richard Morris) , "Joyful and sorrowful", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (Charles Fonteyn Manney) , "Joyful and woeful", first published 1911
  • ENG English [singable] (Constance Bache) (William Stigand, né Stigant) , "Clara's song"
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "L'amour", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Note for line 4 word 1: some editions not endorsed by Goethe have "Hangen" instead of "Langen".

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

9. Melodrama
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Süßer Schlaf! Du kommst wie ein reines Glück 
ungebeten, unerfleht am willigsten.  
Du lösest die Knoten der strengen Gedanken, 
vermischest alle Bilder der Freude und des Schmerzes;  
ungehindert fließt der Kreis innerer Harmonien, 
und eingehüllt in gefälligen Wahnsinn, 
versinken wir und hören auf zu sein.

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Egmont

See other settings of this text.

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 139
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