Wir schnitten die Saaten
Language: German (Deutsch)
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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Authorship
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 verified ]
- by Jan Pieter Hendrik van Gilse (1881 - 1944), "Schnitterlied", from Vier Gedichte von Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, no. 4. [ sung text not verified ]
- by Karl Hallwachs , "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 verified ]
- 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 verified ]
- by Armin Schibler (1920 - 1986), "Schnitterlied", op. 48 no. 7 (1956-8) [soli, mixed chorus, men's chorus, and orchestra], from the oratorio Media in vita, no. 7. [ sung text verified 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 verified ]
- by Richard Trunk (1879 - 1968), "Schnitterlied", op. 40 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6. [ sung text not verified ]
- by Viktor Ullmann (1898 - 1944), "Schnitterlied", op. 37 no. 1, from Drei Lieder Op. 37, no. 1. [ sung text verified 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
Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:41
Line count: 24
Word count: 89
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Song of the reapers
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
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!
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Based on- a text in German (Deutsch) by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898), "Schnitterlied" FRE
- This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Volkmar Andreae, Jan Pieter Hendrik van Gilse, Karl Hallwachs, Hans Erich Pfitzner, Armin Schibler, Heinrich Kaspar Schmid, Richard Trunk, Viktor Ullmann. Go to the text.
Text added to the website: 2009-11-14.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:03:27
Line count: 24
Word count: 105
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