Hoop | Geef, dat 't werk waarvoor 'k me pijnde

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Hoffnung

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Schaff', das Tagwerk meiner Hände,
Hohes Glück, daß ich's vollende!
Laß, o laß mich nicht ermatten!
Nein, es sind nicht leere Träume:
Jetzt nur Stangen, diese Bäume
Geben einst noch Frucht und Schatten.

Confirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand, Erster Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1827, page 113; and with Goethe's Schriften, Achter Band, Leipzig, bey Georg Joachim Göschen, 1789, page 160.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Hoffnung", first published 1789 [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 Emil Mattiesen (1875 - 1939), "Hoffnung", op. 5, Heft 1 no. 1, published [1920] [ voice and piano ], from Künstlerandachten, no. 1, Leipzig : Edition Peters [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Hoffnung", D 295 (1815/6), published 1895 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Esperança", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Hoop", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Hope", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Espoir", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Speranza", copyright © 2009, (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: 6
Word count: 33

Hoop

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

Geef, dat 't werk waarvoor 'k me pijnde,
Hoog Geluk, ik mag voleinden!
Dat ik, doodop, niet verkommer!
Neen, het zijn geen loze dromen:
Nu slechts staken, deze bomen
Geven ooit nog vrucht en lommer!

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Hoffnung", first published 1789
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This text was added to the website: 2005-12-15
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Word count: 35