Der Mönch
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ein Mönch sitzt bleich im Beichtstuhl d'rin,
Ein schönes Weib kniet zu ihm hin.
"Mein Jesu, sei gebenedeit,
Doch seine Priester maledeit;
Der Alles mir im Leben war,
Barg [treulos falsch]1 sich im Talar;
Verkuppelt' mich mit kalter Ruh,
Sprach seinen Segen laut dazu.
Mein Herz liebt den, um den es bricht,
Den Bauernherren will es nicht!"
Sie weint und schweigt. Sie küßt die Hand,
Die er ihr reicht halb abgewandt.
Die [Arme]2 kreuzend auf der Brust
Sitzt er und träumt. Ist's Weh, ist's Lust?
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Confirmed with Für Musik. Lieder, Romanzen und Chöre von J.S. Tauber, Wien: Druck der typografisch-literarisch-artistischen Anstalt (L.C Zamarski & E. Dittmarsch), 1863, page 30.
1 von Goethe: "falsch und arg"
2 von Goethe: "Hände"
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The monk
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
A monk sits pale in the confessional chair,
A beautiful women kneels, facing him.
"May my Jesus be blessed,
But a curse upon his priests;
He who was everything to me in life,
Secreted himself, [faithless and false]1, in a cassock;
With cold equanimity he married me,
Spoke the blessing upon [the marriage] loudly.
My heart loves him over whom it breaks,
It does not want the gentleman farmer!"
She weeps and falls silent. She kisses the hand
That he, half turned away, extends to her.
Crossing his [arms]2 upon his breast,
He sits and dreams. Is it woe, is it joy?
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1 von Goethe: "false and malicious"
2 von Goethe: "hands"
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