Ich möchte wol der Kaiser seyn!
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): DUT ENG
Ich möchte wol der Kaiser seyn!
Den Orient wollt' ich erschüttern;
Die Muselmänner sollten zittern,
Konstantinopel wäre mein!
Ich möchte wol der Kaiser seyn!
Ich möchte wol der Kaiser seyn!
Athen und Sparta sollten werden,
Wie Rom, die Königin der Erden,
Die alte sollte sich verneun!
Ich möchte wol der Kaiser seyn!
Ich möchte wol der Kaiser seyn!
Die grossen Helden mir zu singen,
Wollt' ich die grossen Geister dingen;
Die goldnen Zeiten führt' ich ein!
Ich möchte wol der Kaiser seyn!
Ich möchte wol der Kaiser seyn!
Weil aber Joseph meinen Willen
Bei seinem Leben will erfüllen,
Und sich darauf die Weisen freun,
So mag er immer Kaiser seyn!
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Confirmed with Lyrische Anthologie, Herausgegeben von Friedrich Matthisson, Neunzehnter Theil, Zürich: bey Orell Füssli und Compagnie, 1807, page 94.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Een Duits krijgslied", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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I would quite like to be the emperor!
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
I would quite like to be the emperor!
I would shake up the Orient;
The Muslims would quake,
Constantinople would belong to me!
I would quite like to be the emperor!
I would quite like to be the emperor!
Athens and Sparta should become,
Like Rome, the queen of the world,
The ancient world should renew itself!
I would quite like to be the emperor!
I would quite like to be the emperor!
To sing the praises of the great heroes,
I would engage the great minds;
I would usher in the Golden Age!
I would quite like to be the emperor!
I would quite like to be the emperor!
But since, by his life, Joseph intends
To fulfill my wishes,
And the wise people rejoice in that,
My he thus always be the emperor!
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Translations of title(s):
"Der Kaiser" = "The emperor"
"Der Kayser" = "The emperor"
"Ein deutsches Kriegslied" = "A German battle song"
"Meine Wünsche!" = "My wishes!"
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This text was added to the website: 2023-01-07
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