Die traurige Hochzeit
Language: German (Deutsch)
Zu Augsburg in dem hohen Saal
Herr Fugger hielt sein Hochzeitmahl.
Kunigunde hieß die junge Braut,
Saß krank und bleich, gab keinen Laut.
Zwölf goldne Becher gingen herum,
Nichts trank Herr Fugger, so bleich und stumm.
Zwölf Blumenkörbe bot man umher,
Die Braut verlangte kein Blümlein mehr.
Zwölf Harfner lockten zum Fackeltanz,
Die Fackeln gaben so matten Glanz.
Die Gäste tanzten in langen Reih'n,
Zwo weiße Gestalten hinterdrein.
Die Gäste tanzten zum Saal hinaus,
Sie tanzten und tanzten wohl aus dem Haus.
Die Saiten der Harfen sprangen zumal,
Stumm schlichen die Harfner sich aus dem Saal.
Im Saale vernahm man keinen Laut,
Todt saßen im Dunkel Bräut'gam und Braut.
Confirmed with Die lyrischen Gedichte von Justinus Kerner, Fünfte verbesserte Auflage, Stuttgart und Tübingen: J.G. Cotta'scher Verlag, 1854, page 305.
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The sad wedding
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
At Augsburg in the lofty hall
Master Fugger was holding his wedding banquet.
Kunigunde was the name of the young bride,
[She] sat ill and pale, made not a sound.
Twelve golden goblets were passed around,
Master Fugger, so pale and mute, drank nothing.
Twelve baskets of flower were offered to all,
The bride no longer desired any little flowers.
Twelve harpists enticed to the torch-dance,
The torches emitted but a dim glow.
The guests danced in long rows,
Two white figures brought up the rear.
The guests danced out of the hall,
They danced and danced right out of the house.
The strings of the harps all broke,
Mutely the harpists crept out of the hall.
In the hall one could hear no sound,
Dead, in the dark, sat the bridegroom and bride.
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