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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Der arme Grenadier
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Spät schreiben sie am Feuer,
All', eh die Schlacht beginnt;
Der an die liebe Mutter,
Und der an Weib und Kind.

Der an den Kameraden,
Und der an seine Braut;
Ernst knien sie vor den Trommeln,
Verstummt ist jeder Laut.

Nur er hat Nichts zu schreiben,
Starrt bleich auf sein Papier,
In jeder Schlacht der erste,
Der brävste Grenadier.

Sein Lieb ist untreu worden,
Die Seinen alle todt!--
Kommt Morgens wohl die Kugel,
Und endet seine Noth?

Confirmed with Deutsche Dichterhalle. Organ für deutsche Dichtkunst, erster Band, Leipzig: Selbst-Verlag, Expedition der Deutschen Dichterhalle, 1872.

Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874, mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 358.


Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Der arme Grenadier", appears in Liederbuch, in 6. Romanzen, no. 381 [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 Carl Schiller (flourished 1861-1885), "Der arme Grenadier", op. 27 (Drei Lieder für Mittelstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1885 [ medium voice and piano ], Koburg, Schiller [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Peter) Nicolai von Wilm (1834 - 1911), "Der arme Grenadier", op. 55 (Drei Gesänge für gemischten Chor) no. 2, published 1886 [ mixed chorus ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The poor grenadier", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2011-04-04
Line count: 16
Word count: 77

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