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067 - Learn to Speak German - 1. August Nationalfeiertag

Today is the first of August (again) and the legend says that Switzerland was founded on the first of August 1291. This story is depicted in Friedrich Schillers famous story about Wilhem Tell.
You can find the whole text of Wilhelm Tell online at Project Gutenberg.
Google has it as well, in Altdeutsch. Finally here is a link to Wikipedia with details about Wilhelm Tell.

Gessler:
Nun Tell! Weil du den Apfel triffst vom Baume
Auf hundert Schritte, so wirst du deine Kunst
Vor mir bewähren müssen - Nimm die Armbrust -
Du hast sie gleich zur Hand - und mach dich fertig,
Einen Apfel von des Knaben Kopf zu schiessen -
Doch will ich raten, ziele gut, dass du
Den Apfel treffest auf den ersten Schuss,
Denn fehlst du ihn, so ist dein Kopf verloren.

Alle geben Zeichen des Schreckens.

Tell:
Herr - Welches Ungeheure sinnet Ihr
Mir an - Ich soll vom Haupte meines Kindes -
- Nein, nein doch, lieber Herr, das kömmt Euch nicht
Zu Sinn - Verhüt's der gnäd'ge Gott - das könnt ihr
Im Ernst von einem Vater nicht begehren!


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Luzern, 01.08.2008
Stephan Wiesner

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