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by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Traun! Bogen und Pfeil

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA LIT TUR

Traun! Bogen und Pfeil
Sind gut für den Feind,
Hülflos alleweil
Der Elende weint;
Dem Edlen blüht Heil,
Wo Sonne nur scheint,
Die Felsen sind steil,
Doch Glück ist sein Freund.

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Text Authorship:

by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853), no title, appears in Liebesgeschichte der schönen Magelone und des Grafen Peter von Provence, no. 3, chapter heading: "Wie der Ritter Peter von seinen Eltern zog" [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Traun! Bogen und Pfeil", op. 33 no. 2 (1861-65), published 1865 [ voice and piano ], from Die schöne Magelone. Romanzen aus L. Tiecks Magelone, no. 2, Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "En veritat! Arcs i fletxes", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Van handboog en pijl", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Verily! Bow and arrow", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Invero! Arco e freccia", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Ei! Lankas, strėlė", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
TUR Turkish (Türkçe) (Gül Sabar) , 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: 8
Word count: 31

Verily! Bow and arrow

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Verily! Bow and arrow
Are useful against the enemy,
Ever helpless,
The weak and wretched man will weep;
Health blooms for the noble man
Wherever the sun may shine:
The cliffs may be steep,
But Luck is his friend.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853), no title, appears in Liebesgeschichte der schönen Magelone und des Grafen Peter von Provence, no. 3, chapter heading: "Wie der Ritter Peter von seinen Eltern zog"
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 39