Tannhäuser by Gabriel von Max 1878
"TANNHÄUSER
I heard a harp - how sad a sound!
It could not be from her.
WOLFRAM
Who are you, pilgrim,
who wander so alone?
TANNHÄUSER
Who am I?
But I know you full well;
you are Wolfram, the skilled minstrel.
WOLFRAM
Heinrich! You!
What brings you back here? Speak!
Do you dare, still unabsolved,
to set foot in this region?
TANNHÄUSER
Have no fear, worthy minstrel!
I seek not you nor any of your company.
I seek for one who can show me the way,
that way which once I found with such ease.
WOLFRAM
Which way is that?
TANNHÄUSER
The way to the Venusberg!
WOLFRAM
Monster! Do not profane my ear!
Is that your goal?
TANNHÄUSER
Do you know the way?
WOLFRAM
Madman! To hear you fills me with horror!
Where have you been? Did you not go to Rome?
TANNHÄUSER
Do not speak of Rome!"
-Richard Wagner, Tannhäuser and the Minnesingers' Contest at Wartburg
I heard a harp - how sad a sound!
It could not be from her.
WOLFRAM
Who are you, pilgrim,
who wander so alone?
TANNHÄUSER
Who am I?
But I know you full well;
you are Wolfram, the skilled minstrel.
WOLFRAM
Heinrich! You!
What brings you back here? Speak!
Do you dare, still unabsolved,
to set foot in this region?
TANNHÄUSER
Have no fear, worthy minstrel!
I seek not you nor any of your company.
I seek for one who can show me the way,
that way which once I found with such ease.
WOLFRAM
Which way is that?
TANNHÄUSER
The way to the Venusberg!
WOLFRAM
Monster! Do not profane my ear!
Is that your goal?
TANNHÄUSER
Do you know the way?
WOLFRAM
Madman! To hear you fills me with horror!
Where have you been? Did you not go to Rome?
TANNHÄUSER
Do not speak of Rome!"
-Richard Wagner, Tannhäuser and the Minnesingers' Contest at Wartburg
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| Tannhäuser by Gabriel von Max 1878. Height: 194 cm (76.3 in); Width: 139 cm (54.7 in). Current location: National Museum of Warsaw. |
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