Bedouins’ romance | Ahead with the bird’s flight

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by (Johann) Gottfried Kinkel (1815 - 1882)

Translation © by Anja Bunzel

Beduinen‑Romanze

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Vorwärts mit des Vogels Fluge,
Fort!, fort, mein Roß in Sturmesflucht!
Denn gemordet liegt der Feind
Drunten in der Felsenschlucht.
Halala leila halala!
 
Mondlicht zittert! In der Wüste
Bäumt ein Schatten sich empor.
Und die Stute beißt den Zaum,
Schaudert, schnaubt und spitzt das Ohr.
Halala leila halala!
 
Jussuf senkt die Lanzenspitze
Spornt das Tier mit aller Macht.
Doch der Schatten unbewegt
Steht im Weg ihm da und lacht
Halala leila halala!
 
Rückwärts wendet sich die Stute,
Braust dahin in Sturmesflucht,
Und der Mörder liegt zerschellt
Bei dem Feind in tiefer Schlucht.
Halala leila halala!

Text Authorship:

by (Johann) Gottfried Kinkel (1815 - 1882) [author's text not yet checked 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 Johanna Kinkel (1810 - 1858), "Beduinen-Romanze", op. 19 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4 (1848), published 1848 [ alto or baritone and piano ], Cöln, Schloss [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Anja Bunzel) , "Bedouins’ romance", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2007-10-04
Line count: 20
Word count: 95

Bedouins’ romance

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Ahead with the bird’s flight,
Ahead!, ahead, my horse in stormy escape!
Because the murdered enemy lies
Down there in the rocky gorge.
Halala leila halala!

Moonlight is shaking! In the desert
A shadow is approaching.
And the mare bites the bridle,
It shudders, snuffles and strains its ears.
Halala leila halala!

Yusuf lowers the lancehead
With a vengeance, he cheers up the animal.
But motionless, the shadow
Stands in his way and laughs.
Halala leila halala!

The mare turns backwards
Blusters in stormy escape.
And the shattered murdere lies
Besides the enemy in the rocky gorge.
Halala leila halala!

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This text was added to the website: 2014-07-25
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Word count: 100