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Wir schnitten die Saaten, wir Buben und Dirnen, mit nackenden Armen und triefenden Stirnen, von donnernden dunkeln Gewittern bedroht. Gerettet das Korn. Und nicht Einer der darbe. Von Garbe zu Garbe ist Raum für den Tod. Wie schwellen die Lippen des Lebens so rot! Hoch tronet ihr Schönen, auf güldenen Sitzen, in strotzenden Garben, umflimmert von Blitzen. Nicht Eine die darbe! Wir bringen das Brot! Zum Reigen! Zum Tanze! Zur tosenden Runde! Von Munde zu Munde ist Raum für den Tod. Wie schwellen die Lippen des Lebens so rot!
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Text Authorship:
- by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898), "Schnitterlied" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Volkmar Andreae (1879 - 1962), "Schnitterlied", op. 10 (6 Gedichte von Conrad Ferdinand Meyer) no. 3, published 1906 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jan Pieter Hendrik van Gilse (1881 - 1944), "Schnitterlied", from Vier Gedichte von Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Hallwachs (1870 - 1959), "Schnitterlied ", op. 19 (Zehn Gedichts von C.F. Meyer für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 8, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Mannheim, Heckel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Schnitterlied (Chor der Lebenden)", op. 38 no. 2 (1929) [ solo voices, chorus, organ, and orchestra ], from Das Dunkle Reich, choral fantasy for soloists, organ & orchestra, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Armin Schibler (1920 - 1986), "Schnitterlied", op. 48 no. 7 (1956-8) [ soli, mixed chorus, men's chorus, and orchestra ], from oratorio Media in vita, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich Kaspar Schmid (1874 - 1953), "Schnitterlied", op. 50 (Vier Tongedichte) no. 3, published 1926 [ men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig: F. E. C. Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Trunk (1879 - 1968), "Schnitterlied", op. 40 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Viktor Ullmann (1898 - 1944), "Schnitterlied", op. 37 no. 1, from Drei Lieder Op. 37, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Palmer) , "Song of the reapers", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 89
We mowed the corn, we lads and lasses, with our arms bare and drops on our brows, while thunderous dark storm-clouds loomed. The crop has been saved! And not one jot was lost! Between sheaf and sheaf there is space for death. What a red swelling up of the lips of life! Aloft you sit, beauties, on golden thrones, in brimming sheaves, surrounded by lightning flashes. Not one jot was lost! We are fetching the bread in! Come to the round-dance! come! To the boisterous round! Between mouth and mouth there is space for death. What a red swelling up of the lips of life!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2009 by Peter Palmer, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898), "Schnitterlied"
This text was added to the website: 2009-11-14
Line count: 24
Word count: 105