Onoverwinnelijk | Heb ik duizendmaal gezworen

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Unüberwindlich

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE FRL

Hab' ich tausendmal geschworen
Dieser Flasche nicht zu trauen,
Bin ich doch wie neugeboren,
Läßt mein Schenke fern [sie]¹ schauen.

Alles ist an ihr zu loben,
Glaskristall und Purpurwein;
Wird der Propf herausgehoben,
Sie ist leer und ich nicht mein.

Hab' ich tausendmal geschworen,
Dieser [Falschen]² nicht zu trauen,
Und doch bin ich neugeboren,
Läßt sie sich ins Auge schauen.

Mag sie doch mit mir verfahren,
Wie's dem stärksten Mann geschah.
Deine Scher' in meinen Haaren,
Allerliebste Delila!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• A. Wallnöfer

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Confirmed with Goethes poetische und prosaische Werke in zwei Bänden, Bd. 1, Stuttgart und Tübingen, 1837.

¹ Wallnöfer: "sich"
² Wallnöfer: "Flasche" (this is very likely a typo in the score)

Text Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Unüberwindlich", first published 1860 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Unüberwindlich", op. 72 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 5 (1875), published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
by Adolf Wallnöfer (1854 - 1946), "Unüberwindlich", op. 77 (Drei Gesänge nach Gedichten von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Wendelin Weißheimer (1838 - 1910), "Unüberwindlich" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Invencible", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Onoverwinnelijk", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Unconquerable", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "J'ai mille fois juré", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRL Friulian (Ermes Culos) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 80

Onoverwinnelijk

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

Heb ik duizendmaal gezworen,
Deze fles niet te vertrouwen,
‘k Ben toch weer als nieuwgeboren,
Mag ‘k haar slechts van ver aanschouwen.
 
Alles is aan haar te loven,
’t Glaskristal, de purp’ren wijn;
Wordt de stop er uit genomen,
Raakt zij leeg en ik in zwijm.
 
Heb ik duizendmaal gezworen,
Deze feeks niet te vertrouwen,
Toch ben ik weer nieuwgeboren,
Als ik haar in ‘t oog mag schouwen.
 
Laat haar kunst mij maar ervaren,
Ik volg heel graag Simson na.
Ja, jouw schaar mag in mijn haren,
Allerliefste Delila!

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Unüberwindlich", first published 1860
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This text was added to the website: 2014-08-05
Line count: 16
Word count: 89