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Sie trug den Becher in der Hand -- Ihr Kinn und Mund glich seinem Rand -- So leicht und sicher war ihr Gang, Kein Tropfen aus dem Becher sprang. So leicht und fest war seine Hand: Er ritt auf einem jungen Pferde Und mit nachlässiger Gebärde Erzwang er, daß es zitternd stand. Jedoch wenn er aus ihrer Hand Den leichten Becher nehmen sollte, So war es beiden [allzu]1 schwer: Denn beide bebten sie so sehr, Daß keine Hand die andre fand, Und dunkler Wein am Boden rollte.
Confirmed with Deutsche Lyrik seit Liliencron, herausgegeben von Hans Bethge, Leipzig: Hesse & Becker Verlag, 1921, pp. 119-120.
1 Schoenberg, Zemlinsky: "gar zu"Text Authorship:
- by Hugo Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal (1874 - 1929), "Die Beiden" [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 Antonio Berti , "Die Beiden", published 1992 [ voice and piano ], Milano : Antonio Berti [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gerard Bunk (1888 - 1958), "Die Beiden", op. 56 (Sechs Lieder nach Texten verschieder Dichter) no. 4 (1915/6) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Frankenburger (1897 - 1984), "Die Beiden", from Vier Lieder nach Gedichten von Hugo von Hofmannsthal, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Sándor Jemnitz (1890 - 1963), "Die Beiden", op. 6 (Neun Lieder) no. 7, published 1920 [ bass and piano ], München: Wunderhornverlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Owens (1925 - 2017), "Die Beiden", op. 47 (3 Lieder) no. 2 [ low voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Die Beiden", 189-? [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Paul Weiss (1898 - 1967 ), "Die Beiden", op. 19 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4, published 1929 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Leipzig : Leo Tublin [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Die Beiden", 1916 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation by M. Havlenové , "Dva" ; composed by Vladimír Polívka.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Walter Meyer) , "The Two", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Walter Meyer) , "The Two", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Markham Anderson) , "The two", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Tous deux", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "I due", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 86
She bore the goblet in her hand - Her chin and mouth round as its band. So light and graceful was her step No droplet from the goblet leapt. So light and firm was his own hand: He rode upon a youthful charger And, with an easy, careless gesture Restrained it, made it quivering stand. And yet, as he from her small hand The tiny goblet should have taken, It was too heavy, for the pair So eagerly did tremble there That neither hand the other found, And ruddy wine flowed on the ground.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hugo Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal (1874 - 1929), "Die Beiden"
This text was added to the website: 2012-07-14
Line count: 14
Word count: 93