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Bei einer Trauung
German source:
Eduard Mörike
Kopuliert man ihrer zwei;
Die Orgel hängt voll Geigen,
Der Himmel nicht, mein Treu!
Seht doch, sie weint ja greulich,
Er macht ein Gesicht abscheulich!
Denn leider freilich, freilich,
Keine Lieb ist nicht dabei.
At a wedding
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
Two exclusive people are being wed;
The organ pours forth joyful music,
But there’ll be no joy in heaven, I vow!
Just look, she’s crying her eyes out,
He’s making a dreadful face!
For I’m very very sorry to say,
That love is wholly absent.
Translation © Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)
Bei einer Trauung
German source:
Eduard Mörike
At a wedding
English source:
Richard Stokes
Vor lauter hochadligen Zeugen
Before exclusively highborn witnesses,
Kopuliert man ihrer zwei;
Two exclusive people are being wed;
Die Orgel hängt voll Geigen,
The organ pours forth joyful music,
Der Himmel nicht, mein Treu!
But there’ll be no joy in heaven, I vow!
Seht doch, sie weint ja greulich,
Just look, she’s crying her eyes out,
Er macht ein Gesicht abscheulich!
He’s making a dreadful face!
Denn leider freilich, freilich,
For I’m very very sorry to say,
Keine Lieb ist nicht dabei.
That love is wholly absent.
Composer
Hugo Wolf
Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf was born on 13 March 1860, the fourth of six surviving children, in Windischgraz, Styria, then part of the Austrian Empire. He was taught the piano and violin by his father at an early age and continued to study piano at the…
Poet
Eduard Mörike
Eduard Friedrich Mörike was a German Romantic poet. Mörike was born in Ludwigsburg. His father was Karl Friedrich Mörike (d. 1817), a district medical councilor; his mother was Charlotte Bayer. He attended the Latin school at Ludwigsburg, and the…