With a hunter's arrow in its slim neck | With a hunter's arrow in its slim neck

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by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947)

Translation © by John Glenn Paton

Des Jägers Pfeil im schlanken Halse

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Des Jägers Pfeil im schlanken Halse, sprengt
Der Hirsch dem Tod entgegen.
An seinen Flanken hängt
Die hündische Meute.
Es trieft aus ihren Mäulern schnöde Gier
Nach der gehetzten Beute.
Schon lischt des Auges Licht.
Da bäumt sich einmal noch das edle Tier
Empor, daß es noch einmal auf vertrauten Wegen,
Eh es zusammenbricht,
Der Freiheit Luft, des Adlers Flug umsause;
Dann stürzt es sterbend in das Waldgebrause.

Text Authorship:

by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947), "Des Jägers Pfeil im schlanken Halse" [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 Hermann Reutter (1900 - 1985), "Des Jägers Pfeil im schlanken Halse", 1971 [voice and piano], from 9 Lieder, no. 3. [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , title 1: "With a hunter's arrow in its slim neck", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title unknown, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: John Glenn Paton [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-07-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 68

With a hunter's arrow in its slim neck

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

With a hunter's arrow in its slim neck,
the stag leaps toward death.
On its flanks hangs
the pack of hounds.
From their mouths drips vile greed
for the harried prey.
Already its bright eyes wane.
Then once more the noble beast rears
upward, so that on familiar paths again,
before it collapses,
freedom's air, the eagle's flight encircles it;
then it falls dying in the clamoring forest.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2009 by John Glenn Paton, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947), "Des Jägers Pfeil im schlanken Halse"
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This text was added to the website: 2009-07-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 68