Song of the people of Weimar | Down from the Wartburg's battlements

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by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Weimars Volkslied

(Sung text for setting by F. Liszt)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Von der Wartburg Zinnen nieder
Weht ein Hauch und wird zu Klängen,
hallt von Ilm und Saale wieder
hell in frohen Festgesängen.
Und vom Land, wo sie erschallten,
Tönt's in alle Welt hinaus:
Möge Gott dich stets erhalten,
Weimars edles Fürstenhaus!

Hochgepries'ner Helden Wiege,
Wirkungsstätte edler Frauen,
Felsenfest in Leid und Siege
Zierest du die deutschen Gauen.
Deiner Ahnen edles Walten
Strömt Gedeihen auf dich aus:
Möge Gott dich stets erhalten,
Weimars edles Fürstenhaus!

 ... 

Schöne Sage deutscher Treue
Lebe fort in Fürst und Bauer,
Volkes Liebe sei die neue,
stets lebend'ge Wartburgsmauer.
Laßt die Banner uns entfalten,
Heut' wie einst der Zeit voraus!
Möge Gott dich stets erhalten,
Weimars edles Fürstenhaus!

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4 of the original text.

Composition:

Franz (Ferenc) Liszt

Text Authorship:

by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Weimars Volkslied", appears in Gedichte, in 3. Aus Alt- und Neu-Weimar

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Song of the people of Weimar", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-25
Line count: 40
Word count: 181

Song of the people of Weimar

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Liszt)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Down from the Wartburg's battlements
Wafts a breath and transforms itself into musical sounds,
It echoesfrom the river Ilm and the river Saale
Brightly in joyousfestive songs.
And from the land in which they originated
They sound out into the whole world.
May God keep you always,
Noble house of Weimar's princes.

Highly lauded cradle of heroes,
Site of activity for noble women,
Rock-solid in sorrow and victory,
You grace the German counties,
From the noble actions of your ancestors
Prosperity streams down upon you:
May God keep you always,
Noble house of Weimar's princes.

 ... 

Lovely legend of German steadfastness,
May you live on in nobleman and peasant!
May the love of the people be the new,
Ever-living wall around the Wartburg!
Let us unfurl the banners,
Today, as in the past, ahead of its time!
May God keep you always,
Noble house of Weimar's princes.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2011 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Weimars Volkslied", appears in Gedichte, in 3. Aus Alt- und Neu-Weimar
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This text was added to the website: 2011-05-11
Line count: 40
Word count: 235