Als die Krieger erstmals aus des Meisters Halle traten

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by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

When the warriors came out first from...

Language: English after the Bangla (Bengali)

Our translations: GER

When the warriors came out first from their master's hall, 
where had they hid their power? 
Where were their armour and their arms?

They looked poor and helpless, 
and the arrows were showered upon them 
on the day they came out from their master's hall.

When the warriors marched back again to their master's hall 
where did they hide their power?

They had dropped the sword 
and dropped the bow and the arrow; 
peace was on their foreheads, 
and they had left the fruits of their life behind them 
on the day they marched back again to their master's hall.

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Text Authorship:

by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 85, first published 1912 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 85 [text unavailable]
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GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-11-03
Line count: 13
Word count: 100

Als die Krieger erstmals aus des...

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Als die Krieger erstmals aus des Meisters Halle traten -
wo war ihre Macht versteckt,
wo ihre Rüstungen und Waffen?

Sie wirkten hilflos, schwach,
und Pfeile hagelten auf sie hernieder
am Tage, als sie aus des Meisters Halle traten.

Als die Krieger wieder zu des Meisters Halle schritten -
wo war ihre Macht versteckt?

Sie hatten abgelegt das Schwert,
den Bogen und den Pfeil;
auf ihren Zügen ruhte Friede,
sie ließen hinter sich die Früchte ihres Tuns 
am Tage, als sie wieder zu des Meisters Halle schritten.

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Based on:

a text in English by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 85, first published 1912
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Based on:

a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 85 [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2014-07-11
Line count: 13
Word count: 85