At a wedding | In front of honorable, noble witnesses

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by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Bei einer Trauung

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE FRE HEB ITA SPA

Vor lauter hochadligen Zeugen
copuliert man ihrer Zwei;
die Orgel hängt voll Geigen,
der Himmel nicht, mein' Treu!

Seht doch, sie weint ja greulich,
er macht ein Gesicht abscheulich!
Denn leider freilich, freilich
keine Lieb' ist nicht dabei.

Text Authorship:

by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875) [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 Fritz Franz Schieri (1922 - 2009), "Bei einer Trauung", 1993 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Bei einer Trauung", from Mörike-Lieder, no. 51 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "A un casament", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "At a wedding", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "À un mariage", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , "A une noce", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Hamutal Atariah) , "בחתונה", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Un matrimonio", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Gerardo Garciacano Hinojosa) (Simone von Büren) , "En una boda", copyright © 2010, (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: 8
Word count: 38

At a wedding

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 In front of honorable, noble witnesses
 the two of them are being wed;
 the organ music is full of pleasant anticipation,
 but nothing else is, my dear!

 Look how she cries so terribly,
 and he makes such an awful face! 
 For, it is very sad to say, of course
 there is no love here.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 55