English poem
Voice
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832)
She has graz'd my side, Look at the wounds, how deep and how wide!
WITCHES (in chorus)
The way is broad, the way is long; What mad pursuit! What tumult wild! Scratches the besom and sticks the prong; Crush'd is the mother, and stifled the child.
WIZARDS (half chorus)
Like house-encumber'd Snail we creep; While far ahead the women keep, For when to the devil's house we speed, By a thousand steps they take the lead.