Challenge | To Montalto, the baron

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by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

An Montalto, den Baron

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

An Montalto, den Baron,
   Der - als Gestern mein Gesang
   Keuschen Lächelns Minnelohn
   Von der Herrin sich errang -
   Seinen Mund verzog zum Hohn:
   Ist dies ernste Blatt gestellt,
   Fordernd ihn hinaus ins Feld.
   Schwert an Schwert, und Blut an Blut,
   So wird Schlimmes wieder gut.

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Confirmed with Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, "Folko und Isula. Lieder eines Troubadours," Taschenbuch für das Jahr 1814. Der Liebe und Freundschaft gewidmet, herausgegeben von Dr. St. Schütze, Frankfurt am Mayn: bei Friedrich Wilman, [1814], page 100

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843), "Ausfordrung" [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 Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "Ausforderung", from Folko und Isula: Sieben Lieder eine Troubadours von Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Challenge", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2016-03-08
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Word count: 44

Challenge

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

To Montalto, the baron,
   Who - when yesterday my song
   Garnered the reward of courtly love
   In the form of a chaste smile from my mistress -
   Curled his lip in scorn:
   [To him] this solemn sheet is addressed,
   Calling him out into the field.
   Sword against sword, and blood against blood,
   Thus shall evil be avenged.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843), "Ausfordrung"
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This text was added to the website: 2016-03-08
Line count: 9
Word count: 55