Little Wedding Cantata | Two lovers, devotedly paired

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by Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Zwei Geliebte, treu verbunden

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Zwei Geliebte, treu verbunden,
Gehen durch die Welt spazoren,
Jedes hat sein Herz verloren,
Doch das Andre hat's gefunden.

Jeder trägt die leichte Last
Wie die Uhr am Kettchen fast.
Also geht's auf Steg und Wegen
Ruhig fort mit gleichen Schlägen.

"Schau, die können's!" sagen ferne
An der Himmelshöh' die Sterne.
"Wer sind sie?" gleich schrei'n [sie]¹ da:
"Sigmund und Emilia!"

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Text Authorship:

by Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890), "Hochzeitslied" [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Kleine Hochzeits-Kantate", WoO. 16 (1874) [ SATB chorus, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Little Wedding Cantata", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Deux amants fidèlement liés", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2005-08-29
Line count: 12
Word count: 62

Little Wedding Cantata

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Two lovers, devotedly paired,
Stroll through the world,
Each of them has lost his heart,
But the other one has found it.

Each bears the light burden
As the watch attaches to the chain.
Thus it goes on paths and byways
Quietly onward with identical beats.

"Look, they can do it!" speak in the distance
The stars on the heights of heaven,
"Who are they?" immediately we call out:
Sigmund and Emilia!

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2009 by Sharon Krebs, (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 Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890), "Hochzeitslied"
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This text was added to the website: 2009-11-21
Line count: 12
Word count: 72