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Da liegt der Feinde gestreckte Schar, Sie liegt in ihrem blutroten Blut. Wie haut er so scharf, wie haut er so gut, Der flinke Husar! Da liegen sie, ha! so bleich und rot, Es zittern und wanken noch, husch! husch! Ihre Seelen auf seinem Federbusch; Da liegen sie tot. Und weiter ruft der Trompetenruf, Er wischt an die Mähne sein nasses Schwert, Und weiter springt sein lustiges Pferd Mit rotem Huf.
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Text Authorship:
- by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 4. Viertes Buch, in Vermischte Gedichte, in Husarenlieder, no. 4 [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 Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Da liegt der Feinde gestreckte Schar", op. 117 no. 4 (1851), published 1852, from Vier Husarenlieder von Nikolaus Lenau, no. 4, Leipzig, Senff [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Escampat allà, jau l’estol dels enemics", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Daar ligt gestrekt de vijand'lijke schaar", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Linda Godry) , "Wiped out lie the enemies forces", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Tom Wein) , "There lie the enemies, strewn in piles", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Là gisaient l'armée des ennemis, allongés", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Qui giace a terra la schiera dei nemici", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Ten guli pribaigtų priešų minia", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 71
Qui giace a terra la schiera dei nemici, giace nel suo sangue rosso sangue. Come l'ha colpito duramente, come l'ha colpito bene l'ussaro veloce! Qui giacciono, ah! Pallidi e rossi, tremano e barcollano ancora... le loro anime sul pennacchio, giacciono morti. E se ancora risuona il richiamo del trombettiere, asciuga la sua spada sulla criniera, e ancora saltella lieto il suo cavallo con gli zoccoli rossi.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2009 by Amelia Maria Imbarrato, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 4. Viertes Buch, in Vermischte Gedichte, in Husarenlieder, no. 4
This text was added to the website: 2009-04-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 66