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Mein Gott! aus meiner Herden Mitten Riefst du mich, meinem Volk zu lieb, Fort, zu vertreiben diese Britten Wie vor mir her ich Schafe trieb. Der uns sein Licht im Dunkel leihet, Dein Geist, Herr, hat mein Haupt umloht. Ich steig' hinauf zum Flammentod; Doch Frankreich habe ich befreiet. Mein Gott und Herr! aus tiefstem Herzen Preis' ich mein Los voll Opfermut; Und doch erbeb' ich vor den Schmerzen, Dem Tode in der graus'gen Glut. Und werd' zum letzten Kampf, gefeiet Ge'n Furcht, ich schreiten, so bedroht? Ich steig' hinauf zum Flammentod; Doch Frankreich habe ich befreiet. Die Fahne will ich hier entfalten, Auf deren Sieg ich fest vertraut, Wo, von Marias Arm gehalten, Zu mir der Heiland niederschaut. Die Fahne will ich hier entfalten, Dies Zeichen Himmelstrost verleihet Im letzten Kampf, in letzter Not. Ich steig' hinauf zum Flammentod; Doch Frankreich habe ich befreiet.
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by M. G. Friedrich [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (1802 - 1870)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Johanna von Arc vor dem Scheiterhaufen", S. 293 no. 2 (1874). [mezzo-soprano, piano], also set in French (Français) [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Joan of Arc at the stake", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2011-04-30
Line count: 25
Word count: 145
My God! from out the midst of my herds Thou called me, for the love of my people, Away, to drive off these British The way I drove my sheep before me. He who grants us light in the darkness, Thy Spirit, Lord, blazes about my brow. I mount the pyre to my flaming death; But I have freed France. My Lord and God! from the depths of my heart I praise my lot, full of the courage of sacrifice; And yet I tremble before the pain, [Before] death in the horrid blaze. And shall I, thus threatened, stride To the last battle, invulnerable to fear? I mount the pyre to my flaming death; But I have freed France. Here I shall unfurl the flag In whose victory I firmly trusted, [Here] where, held by Mary’s arm, The Saviour gazes down upon me. Here I shall unfurl the flag; This emblem provides heavenly comfort In the last battle, in the last adversity. I mount the pyre to my flaming death; But I have freed France.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by M. G. Friedrich
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (1802 - 1870)
This text was added to the website: 2016-09-29
Line count: 25
Word count: 175