by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Translation © by Salvador Pila

An die Thüren will ich schleichen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Available translation(s): CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
An die Thüren will ich schleichen,
[Still]1 und sittsam will ich stehn;
[Fromme]2 Hand wird Nahrung reichen;
Und ich werde weiter gehn.
Jeder wird sich glücklich scheinen,
Wenn mein Bild vor ihm erscheint;
Eine Thräne wird er weinen,
Und ich weiß nicht was er weint.

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Confirmed with Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Zweyter Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1827, page 121; and with Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Neunzehnter Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1828, page 227.

First published in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre. Ein Roman. Herausgegeben von Goethe. Dritter Band. Berlin. Bei Johann Friedrich Unger. 1795, page 146. The poem appears in Book 5, Chapter 14 of Goethe's novel.

1 Schubert (first version): "Fromm"
2 Goethe (1795 edition): "Frommer"

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  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Naar de deuren zal ik sluipen", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "I will creep from door to door", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Je vais me glisser de porte en porte", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Alle porte voglio avvicinarmi", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 45

Vull anar d’esquitllada de porta en...
Language: Catalan (Català)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Vull anar d’esquitllada de porta en porta,
mantenint-me silenciós i discret,
una mà pietosa em donarà menjar
i jo seguiré el meu camí.
Tothom semblarà content
de veure el meu semblant,
vessaran una llàgrima
i no sabré per què ploren.

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Translation of title "Harfenspieler III" = "L’arpista III"

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  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2016 by Salvador Pila, (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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This text was added to the website: 2016-11-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 40