Interessierte Heirat
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Was hilft es, wenn das Silber blitzt,
Und doch der Bräut'gam dumm?
Ein Mann, der stets beim Kasten sitzt,
Und wühlt im Sack' herum,
Theilt mit dem Mammon seine Gunst,
Die bloß der Frau gehört:
Sein Zeitvertreib
Macht, daß das Weib
Oft fremde Götter ehrt.
Kein Reichthum überwiegt das Weh,
Kein Thaler hilft der Braut,
Wenn ihr die Zwietracht in der Eh'
Zuletzt ein Zucht-Haus baut.
Das Ungewitter ist nicht weit,
Wo gelbe Raben schrei'n;
Wer wollte nun
So thöricht thun,
Und ihm zum Schaden frei'n?
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- ENG English (Poppy Holden) , "Interested marriage", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 45
Word count: 212
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
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No wealth outweighs woe,
no thaler helps a bride,
if you build zwitracht in marriage
eventually you build a prison;
the tempest is not far,
where yellow ravens scream;
who would now so foolishly
do so and woo harm?
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 2-3 of the original text.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Poppy Holden, (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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