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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Klärchens Lied I
 (Sung text for setting by L. Beethoven)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  DUT ENG FRE
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!

Composition:

    Set to music by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Klärchens Lied I", alternate title: "Die Trommel gerühret", op. 84 no. 1, from stage composition Egmont, no. 2

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]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 69

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