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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by Amelia Maria Imbarrato

Gesang des Harfners

(Sung text for setting by A. Droste-Hülshoff)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE HUN ITA

Wer nie sein Brod mit Thränen aß,
Wer nie die kummervollen Nächte
Auf seinem Lager weinend saß,
Der kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlischen Mächte!
 
Ihr führt ins Leben uns hinein,
Ihr laßt den Armen schuldig werden,
Dann überlaßt ihr ihn der Pein:
Denn alle Schuld rächt sich auf Erden.

First published in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre. Ein Roman. Herausgegeben von Goethe. Erster Band. Berlin. Bey Johann Friedrich Unger. 1795, page 346. The poem appears in Book 2, Chapter 13 of Goethe's novel.

See also Baggesen's parody, Leiden.

Composition:

Annette Elisabeth, Freiin von Droste-Hülshoff

Text Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Harfenspieler", written <<1783, appears in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, first published 1795

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jan Evangelista Nečas) , "Harfeník"
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Wie nooit zijn brood in tranen at", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "He who never ate his bread with tears", copyright ©
ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [an adaptation]
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Celui qui n'a jamais mangé son pain avec des larmes", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Chi non mangiò mai pane bagnato di lacrime", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Chi non mangiò mai pane bagnato di lacrime

(Sung text translation for setting by A. Droste-Hülshoff)

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Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)

 Chi non mangiò mai pane bagnato di lacrime,
 chi non vegliò nel suo letto notti 
 affannose di pianto,
 non vi conosce, o potenze celesti.

 Voi ci guidate per la vita,
 voi fate che il meschino sia colpevole,
 e voi lo consegnate alla sua pena;
 ché ogni colpa si sconta sulla terra.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2006 by Amelia Maria Imbarrato, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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