De getrouwe Eckart (Volkslieder (Folksongs), set by (Johannes Brahms)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Der getreue Eckart

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): DUT ENG FRE

In der finstern Mitternacht
Steht der Ritter auf der Wacht,
Schauet hin nach jeder Seit,
Droht mit seinem Schwerte weit.

Wer auch anzukommen wagt,
Dieses eine sei gesagt:
Dieser Berg ist nicht geheuer,
Drinnen brennt das Höllenfeuer.

Was für süße Töne auch,
Was euch winken schöne Fraun:
Eure Seele muß verderben,
Muß dem Himmel hier absterben.

Authorship

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [author's text not yet checked 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), "Der getreue Eckart", WoO. 32 no. 18 (1858), published 1926 [voice and piano], from Deutsche Volkslieder, no. 18, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Le fidèle Eckart", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , title 1: "De getrouwe Eckart", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Laura Prichard) , title 1: "The Faithful Eckart", copyright © 2016, (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: 12
Word count: 56

De getrouwe Eckart

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

Midden in de donk're nacht
Staat de ridder waaks op wacht,
Kijkend rond naar alle kant,
't Slagzwaard dreigend in de hand.
 
Wie hier aan te komen waagt,
Wordt met dit parool belaagd:
Deze berg zal u verlammen,
Binnen branden hellevlammen.
 
Hoe ook klinkt hier zoete toon,
Hoe ook lokt u vrouw'lijk schoon,
Weet, uw ziel gaat ten verderve,
Zal hier voor de hemel sterven.

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a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

This text was added to the website: 2015-07-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 65