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Laßt mich! laßt mich! ich will klagen,
Frölich seyn nicht mehr!
Aboudahab hat geschlagen
Aly und sein Heer.
So ein muntrer kühner Krieger
Wird nicht wieder seyn;
Ueber alles ward er Sieger,
Haut' es kurz und klein.
Er verschmähte Wein und Weiber,
Gieng nur Kriegesbahn,
Und war für die Zeitungsschreiber
Gar ein lieber Mann.
Aber, nun ist er gefallen.
Daß er's doch nicht wär'!
Ach, von allen Bey's, von allen
War kein Bey wie er.
Jedermann in Sirus saget:
»Schade, daß er fiel!«
Und in ganz Egypten klaget
Mensch und Crocodil.
Daher sieht im Geist, wie's scheinet,
Am Serail mit Graus
Seines Freundes Kopf, und weinet
Sich die Augen aus.
Da Capo.
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Confirmed with ASMUS omnia sua SECUM portans, oder Sämmtliche Werke des Wandsbecker Bothen, I. und II. Theil. Beym Verfasser, und in Commißion bey Fr. Perthes in Hamburg. [1774], pages 48-49.
First published in Der Deutsche, sonst Wandsbecker Bothe. Ao. 1773. No. 112. Mittwochs, den 14ten Julii.
Authorship
- by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815), "Klage um Aly Bey", written 1773, first published 1773 [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Klage um Ali Bey", D 140 (1815), published 1850 [ vocal trio for 2 tenors and bass with piano ], A.Diabelli & Co., VN 8822, Wien (Nachlaß-Lieferung 45) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Klage um Ali Bey", D 496A (1816), published 1968 [ voice, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Klaagzang om Ali Bey", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "Lament for Ali Bey", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Plainte sur Ali Bey", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2018-02-15 05:57:40
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Laissez-moi ! laissez-moi ! je veux me lamenter, Ne plus heureux, jamais ! Abou Dahab a vaincu Ali et son armée. Un guerrier aussi vaillant et intrépide, Il n'y en aura plus ; De tous il a été le vainqueur, Les coupant en petits morceaux. Il dédaignait le vin et les femmes, Il ne suivait que le chemin de la bataille, Et par les journalistes Il était adoré. Mais maintenant il est tombé, Ah, s'il ne l'était pas ! Ah, parmi tous les beys, Il n'y avait pas un bey comme lui ! Quiconque en Syrie disait : "Quel malheur qu'il soit tombé !" Et dans toute l'Égypte Les hommes et les crocodiles pleuraient. Daher voit en songe, semble-t-il, Au sérail, avec horreur, La tête de son ami, et pleure Sur lui, de ses yeux.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2011 by Guy Laffaille, (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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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815), "Klage um Aly Bey", written 1773, first published 1773
Text added to the website: 2011-05-14 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:04:22
Line count: 24
Word count: 135