English poem
Both Choruses
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832)
Broom and pitch-fork, goat and prong, Mounted on these we whirl along; Who vainly strives to climb to-night, Is evermore a luckless wight!
DEMI-WITCH (below)
I hobble after, many a day; Already the others are far away!
No rest at home can I obtain-- Here too my efforts are in vain!