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Vier Lieder für Bass oder Alt mit Pianoforte , opus 18

by Eduard Tauwitz (1812 - 1894)

1. Der Soldat  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es geht bei gedämpfter Trommel Klang;
Wie weit noch die Stätte! der Weg wie lang!
O wär' er zur Ruh und alles vorbei!
Ich glaub', es bricht mir das Herz entzwei!

Ich hab' in der Welt nur ihn geliebt,
Nur ihn, dem jetzt man den Tod doch gibt.
Bei klingendem Spiele wird paradiert;
Dazu bin auch ich kommandiert.

Nun schaut er auf zum letzten Mal
In Gottes Sonne [freudigen]1 Strahl, --
Nun binden sie ihm die Augen zu --
Dir schenke Gott die ewige Ruh'.

Es haben [die]2 Neun wohl angelegt,
Acht Kugeln haben vorbei gefegt;
Sie [zitterten]3 Alle vor Jammer und Schmerz --
Ich aber, ich traf ihn mitten [in's]4 Herz.

Text Authorship:

  • by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838), "Der Soldat", appears in Lieder und lyrisch epische Gedichte, in Nach dem Dänischen von Andersen, no. 3

Based on:

  • a text in Danish (Dansk) by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), "Soldaten", written 1830, appears in Digte
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De soldaat", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "He walks to the sound of a muffled drum", copyright ©

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Adelbert von Chamisso, Dritte Auflage, Stuttgart, Ch. Hausmann'sche Antiquariats-Buchhandlung, 1835, page 156. Note: in this edition, "paradiert" is spelled "paradirt" and "kommandiert" is spelled "kommandirt".

1 Marschner: "freud'gen"
2 Schumann: "dann"
3 Furtwängler: "zittern" (? could need double-checking)
4 Schumann: "in das"

2. Maurerlied

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Preisen soll mein Lied die Schöne
 . . . . . . . . . .

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  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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3. Wahlspruch

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Schweig' mein Herz
 . . . . . . . . . .

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