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Mich ergreift, ich weiß nicht wie, Himmlisches Behagen. Will mich's etwa gar hinauf Zu den Sternen tragen? Doch ich bleibe lieber hier, Kann ich redlich sagen, Beim Gesang und Glase Wein Auf den Tisch zu schlagen. Wundert euch, ihr Freunde, nicht, Wie ich mich geberde; Wirklich [ist es]1 allerliebst Auf der lieben Erde: Darum schwör' ich feyerlich Und ohn' alle Fährde, - Daß ich mich nicht freventlich Wegbegeben werde. Da wir aber allzumal So beisammen weilen, Dächt' ich, klänge der Pokal Zu des Dichters Zeilen. Gute Freunde ziehen fort, Wohl ein hundert Meilen, Darum soll man hier am Ort Anzustoßen eilen. Lebe hoch, wer Leben schafft! Das ist meine Lehre. Unser König denn voran, Ihm gebührt die Ehre. Gegen inn- und äußern Feind Setzt er sich zur Wehre; An's Erhalten denkt er zwar, Mehr noch, wie er mehre. Nun begrüß' ich sie sogleich, Sie die einzig Eine. Jeder denke ritterlich Sich dabei die Seine. Merket auch ein schönes Kind, Wen ich eben meine, Nun so nicke sie mir zu: Leb' auch so der Meine! Freunden gilt das dritte Glas, Zweyen oder dreyen, Die mit uns am guten Tag Sich im Stillen freuen Und der Nebel trübe Nacht Leis und leicht zerstreuen; Diesen sey ein Hoch gebracht, Alten oder Neuen. Breiter wallet nun der Strom Mit vermehrten Wellen. Leben jetzt im hohen Ton Redliche Gesellen! Die sich mit gedrängter Kraft Brav zusammen stellen In des Glückes Sonnenschein Und in schlimmen Fällen. Wie wir nun zusammen sind, Sind zusammen viele. Wohl gelingen [denn]2, wie uns, Andern ihre Spiele! Von der Quelle bis ans Meer Mahlet manche Mühle, Und das Wohl der ganzen Welt Ist's, worauf ich ziele.
Confirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand, Erster Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cottaschen Buchhandlung, 1827, pages 134-136; and with Taschenbuch auf das Jahr 1804, Herausgegeben von Wieland und Goethe, Tübingen, in der Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, pages 97-100.
1 Schubert (AGA): "es ist"2 Schubert (AGA): "dann"
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Tischlied", written 1802, appears in Gesellige Lieder, first published 1804 [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 Max (Traugott Maximillian) Eberwein (1775 - 1831), "Tischlied", 1810 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Ehlers (1774 - 1845), "Tischlied", 1817 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Tischlied", published 1809 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Reichel (1820 - 1896), "Tischlied", op. 23 (Fünf Lieder für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor) no. 5 [ SATB chorus ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Ries (1784 - 1838), "Tischlied", op. 32 (Sechs Lieder von Göthe mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1811 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg: Bey Johann August Böhme [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Tischlied", op. posth. 118 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, D 234 (1815), published 1829 [ voice, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758 - 1832), "Tischlied", 1807 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cançó de taula", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Toostlied", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Linda Godry) , "Tablesong", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chanson de table", copyright © 2012, (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: 64
Word count: 274
It seizes me, I don't know how: Heavenly delight. Am I perhaps even on my way Up to the the stars? But I would rather stay, I can honestly say, to make my day With song and a glas of wine. Don't you wonder, my friends, about the way I behave, really, it is just fine On our good earth. Therefore I solemnly swear and without any willful deceit that I won't shamefully Desert from here/take leave. But as we are all here together now, methinks, the goblets should jingle To the poet's lines. Even good friends do move away, some several hundred miles, therefore while we can Let us drink together. Cheers, to those who achieve! This is my motto - first and foremost to my King. His is the honour. He fights against the domestic and foreign enemy from within as from the outside: strives to preserve, but even more, to prosper. Now I hurry to salute Her, the one and only, everyone imagines courteously His dearest one. If a maiden listens, know that I mean she may accordingly Salute her one and only! The third salute is to the friends be they two or three, who with us quietly enjoy the good times, and lighthanded easily disperse the mists of gloomy nights; To them a cheer, Old ones and new. Mightier is the stream now With waves piling high - They are doing well now, Honest comrades! who with combined force stand by each other when in luck is shining and in troubled times. There are many just like us, Coming now together. They will win, just like us Each their own games! From the spring to the sea many a mill is grinding, and it's the whole world's welfare I'm aiming at.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Tischlied", written 1802, appears in Gesellige Lieder, first published 1804
This text was added to the website: 2005-10-15
Line count: 64
Word count: 294