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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Ihr guten Herrn, ihr schönen Frauen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ITA
Ihr guten Herrn, ihr schönen Frauen,
So wohlgetputzt und backenrot,
Belieb' es euch mich anzuschauen
Und seht und [mildert]1 meine Not!
Laßt hier mich nicht vergebens leiern!
Nur der ist froh, der geben mag.
Ein Tag, den alle Menschen feiern,
Er sei für mich ein Erntetag.

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•   C. Kreutzer 

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1 Kreutzer: "lindert"

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Faust, in Der Tragödie erster Teil (Part I) [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 Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "Ein Bettler vor dem Tor", 1820 [ voice and piano ], from Gesänge aus Goethe's Faust, no. 2, an edition from 1836 is mentioned by Hofmeister, published Wien, Trentsensky [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Ihr guten Herr'n, ihr schönen Frauen", op. 57 no. 57, published 1877 [ bass and piano ], from Aus der Musik zu Goethe's Faust, no. 57, Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Antoni Henryk Radziwill, Fürst (1775 - 1833), "Bettler Lied", published 1835, from Compositionen zu Göthe's Faust, no. 3, Berlin: Zum ausschliesslichen Debit in Commission bei T. Trautwein, Buch-und Musikhandlung [sung text checked 1 time]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
  • by Julius Röntgen (1855 - 1932), "Vor dem Tor", 1931 [ solo voices, chorus, orchestra, and organ ], from Aus Goethes Faust, no. 4, title of the translation to Italian: "Fuori porta"
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Gérard Labrunie) , no title
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 47

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