De bokaal | Vrienden, wijdt nu de bokaal

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by Karl Joachim ("Achim") Friedrich Ludwig von Arnim (1781 - 1831)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Der Pokal

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Freunde, weihet den Pokal 
Jener fremden Menschenwelt,
Die an gleichem Sonnenstrahl 
Sich erhellt, gesellt, gefällt;
Glück den lieben unbekannten
Lichtgesandten Herzverwandten,
Deren Augen [übergehen]¹,
Wenn sie in die Sonne [sehen]². --

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• R. Strauss

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Confirmed with Ludwig Achim's von Arnim Sämmtliche Werke, Zweiundzwanzigster Band, Nachlaß : Sechster Band, Gedichte von Ludwig Achim von Arnim, Erster Band, Weimar, Verlag von L. F. A. Kühn, 1856, page 75.

¹ Strauss: "übergehn"
² Strauss: "sehn"

Text Authorship:

by Karl Joachim ("Achim") Friedrich Ludwig von Arnim (1781 - 1831), "Der Pokal", subtitle: "In das Stammbuch der Frau von Goethe" [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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Der Pokal", op. 69 (Fünf kleine Lieder nach Gedichten von Achim von Arnim und Heinrich Heine) no. 2 (1918) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La copa", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De bokaal", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Joel Ayau) , "The goblet", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La coupe", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Hubert Schmid

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 34

De bokaal

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

Vrienden, wijdt nu de bokaal
Aan die vreemde mensensoort,
Die door ‘tzelfde zongestraal
Wordt verlicht, vereend, bekoord;
Heil de lieve onbekende,
Lichtgezonden vriendenbende,
In wier oog ontstaat een bron,
Als zij kijken in de zon.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Joachim ("Achim") Friedrich Ludwig von Arnim (1781 - 1831), "Der Pokal", subtitle: "In das Stammbuch der Frau von Goethe"
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This text was added to the website: 2019-02-24
Line count: 8
Word count: 35