The goblet | Friends, consecrate the goblet

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by Karl Joachim ("Achim") Friedrich Ludwig von Arnim (1781 - 1831)

Translation © by Joel Ayau

Der Pokal

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Freunde, weihet den Pokal 
Jener fremden Menschenwelt,
Die an gleichem Sonnenstrahl 
Sich erhellt, gesellt, gefällt;
Glück den lieben unbekannten
Lichtgesandten Herzverwandten,
Deren Augen [übergehen]¹,
Wenn sie in die Sonne [sehen]². --

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• R. Strauss

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Confirmed with Ludwig Achim's von Arnim Sämmtliche Werke, Zweiundzwanzigster Band, Nachlaß : Sechster Band, Gedichte von Ludwig Achim von Arnim, Erster Band, Weimar, Verlag von L. F. A. Kühn, 1856, page 75.

¹ Strauss: "übergehn"
² Strauss: "sehn"

Text Authorship:

by Karl Joachim ("Achim") Friedrich Ludwig von Arnim (1781 - 1831), "Der Pokal", subtitle: "In das Stammbuch der Frau von Goethe" [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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Der Pokal", op. 69 (Fünf kleine Lieder nach Gedichten von Achim von Arnim und Heinrich Heine) no. 2 (1918) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La copa", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De bokaal", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Joel Ayau) , "The goblet", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La coupe", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Hubert Schmid

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 31

The goblet

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Friends, consecrate the goblet 
to that foreign world of mankind,
Which, by the same ray of sunshine 
as we are, is illuminated, joined, pleased;
Drink to the happiness of beloved strangers,
Ambassadors of light, relatives of the heart,
Whose eyes also overflow with tears
When they look into the sun.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2008 by Joel Ayau, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Joachim ("Achim") Friedrich Ludwig von Arnim (1781 - 1831), "Der Pokal", subtitle: "In das Stammbuch der Frau von Goethe"
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This text was added to the website: 2008-12-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 50