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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

König David
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Lächelnd scheidet der Despot,
Denn er weiß, nach seinem Tod
Wechselt Willkür nur die Hände,
Und die Knechtschaft hat kein Ende.

Armes Volk! wie Pferd und Farrn
Bleibt es angeschirrt am Karrn,
Und der Nacken wird gebrochen,
Der sich nicht bequemt den Jochen.

Sterbend spricht zu Salomo
König David: [Apropos,]1
Daß ich Joab dir empfehle,
Einen meiner Generäle.

Dieser tapfre General
Ist seit Jahren mir fatal,
Doch ich wagte den Verhaßten
Niemals ernstlich anzutasten.

Du, mein Sohn, bist fromm und klug,
Gottesfürchtig, stark genug,
Und es wird dir [leicht]2 gelingen,
[Jenen]3 Joab umzubringen.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   A. Mendelssohn 

View original text (without footnotes)
1 Mendelssohn: "Apropos!"
2 Mendelssohn: "schon"
3 Mendelssohn: "Diesen"

Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "König David", appears in Romanzero, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Historien, no. 13 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "König David", 2010 [medium voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Arnold Mendelssohn (1855 - 1933), "König David", published 1914?, copyright © 1914, Universal-Edition A. G. Wien [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "King David", written 2010, copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 96

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