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[So willst]1 du des Armen Dich gnädig erbarmen? So ist es kein Traum? Wie rieseln die Quellen, Wie tönen die Wellen, Wie rauschet der Baum! Tief lag ich in bangen Gemäuern gefangen, Nun grüßt mich das Licht! Wie spielen die Strahlen! Sie blenden und malen Mein schüchtern Gesicht. Und soll ich es glauben? Wird keiner mir rauben Den köstlichen Wahn? Doch Träume entschweben, Nur lieben heißt leben; Willkommene Bahn! Wie frei und wie heiter! Nicht eile nun weiter, [Den]2 Pilgerstab fort! Du hast überwunden, Du hast ihn gefunden, Den seligsten Ort!
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Text Authorship:
- by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853), no title, appears in Liebesgeschichte der schönen Magelone und des Grafen Peter von Provence, no. 6, chapter heading: "Wie der Ritter Magelonen einen Ring übersandte" [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), "So willst du des Armen", op. 33 no. 5 (1861-1865), published 1865 [ voice and piano ], from Die schöne Magelone. Romanzen aus L. Tiecks Magelone, no. 5, Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Glück", H-U 125 [ voice and 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) , "Jij hebt met de arme dus werk'lijk erbarmen?", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Will you then take pity?", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Così vuoi ora del misero", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- TUR Turkish (Türkçe) (Gül Sabar) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 91
Will you then, on a poor man graciously take pity? So it is no dream? How the spring does trickle, How the waves do ring, How the trees do rustle! Deep I lay, within fearsome Walls imprisoned, Now daylight greets me! How the sunbeams do play! They dazzle and paint My timid face. Should I believe it? Will no one rob me Of this delicious delusion? Yet dreams float away And only love distinguishes life; I welcome my fate! How free and cheerful! There's no more hurry; Put away your pilgrim's staff! You have won, You have discovered it - The most blissful place!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853), no title, appears in Liebesgeschichte der schönen Magelone und des Grafen Peter von Provence, no. 6, chapter heading: "Wie der Ritter Magelonen einen Ring übersandte"
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 103