Sie blasen zum Abmarsch

Sie blasen zum Abmarsch,
Lieb Mütterlein.
Mein Liebster muß scheiden
Und läßt mich allein!

Am Himmel die Sterne
Sind kaum noch geflohn,
Da feuert von ferne
Das Fußvolk schon.
Kaum hört er den Ton,
Sein Ränzelein schnürt er,
Von hinnen marschiert er,
Mein Herz hinterdrein.
Mein Liebster muß scheiden
Und läßt mich allein!

Mir ist wie dem Tag,
Dem die Sonne geschwunden.
Mein Trauern nicht mag
So balde gesunden.
Nach nichts ich frag,
Keine Lust mehr heg ich,
Nur Zwiesprach pfleg ich
Mit meiner Pein--
Mein Liebster muß scheiden
Und läßt mich allein!

Translation(s): ENG FRE

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Authorship

• by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Spanisches Liederbuch, in 2. Weltliche Lieder, no. 84 [ author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

• a text in Spanish (Español) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
• Go to the text.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by (Carl or Caspar) Joseph Brambach (1833 - 1902), "Sie blasen zum Abmarsch, lieb Mütterlein", op. 15 (Sechs Lieder für mittlere Stimme aus dem Spanischen von Geibel und Heyse) no. 5, published 1871 [medium voice and piano], Leipzig, Kistner [ sung text not verified ]
• by Adolf Jensen (1837 - 1879), "Sie blasen zum Abmarsch", op. 4 (Sieben Gesänge aus dem spanischen Liederbuche von E. Geibel und P. Heise [sic]) no. 4 (1860), published 1860 [voice and piano], Hamburg, Fr. Schuberth [ sung text not verified ]
• by Heinrich von Sahr (1821 - 1874), "Sie blasen zum Abmarsch", op. 5 (6 Lieder) no. 4, published 1855. [soprano and piano] [ sung text not verified ]
• by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Mein Liebster muss scheiden", op. 149 (Lieder aus dem Spanischen v. P. Heyse) no. 4, published 1865. [voice and piano] [ sung text not verified ]
• by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Sie blasen zum Abmarsch", 1889-90, from Spanisches Liederbuch: Weltliche Lieder, no. 28. [ sung text verified 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Lawrence Snyder) (Rebecca Plack) , title 1: "They're sounding the rally", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2003-11-04.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:58
Line count: 24
Word count: 93

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They're sounding the rally

They're sounding the rally,
Dear Mother.
My beloved must depart,
And leaves me alone!

From the heavens the stars
Have hardly yet flown,
But already firing in the distance
Is the infantry.
Scarcely does he hear the sound,
Ere he fastens his knapsack,
He marches away,
With my heart following after.
My beloved must depart,
And leaves me alone!

To me it is as the day
When the sun has disappeared.
My sorrow will not
Be so quickly healed.
I ask for nothing,
I take pleasure no longer,
I keep conversation only
With my pain--
My beloved must depart,
And leaves me alone!

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Spanisches Liederbuch, in 2. Weltliche Lieder, no. 84 FRE GER
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Joseph Brambach, Adolf Jensen, Heinrich von Sahr, Wilhelm Taubert, Hugo Wolf. Go to the text.

• a text in Spanish (Español) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
• Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2003-11-04.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:58
Line count: 24
Word count: 103