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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Du musst verstehn!
 (Sung text for setting by G. Bachlund)
 Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Du musst verstehn!
Aus Eins mach Zehn,
Und Zwei lass gehn,
Und Drei mach gleich,
So bist du reich.
Verlier die Vier!
Aus Fünf und Sechs -
So sagt die Hex -
Mach Sieben und Acht,
So ists vollbracht:
Und Neun ist Eins,
Und Zehn ist keins,
Das ist das Hexen-Einmaleins!

Composition:

    Set to music by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Du musst verstehn!", 2011 [ medium voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Faust, in Der Tragödie erster Teil (Part I)

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

  • ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , written 2011, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-01-02
Line count: 13
Word count: 49

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