by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) and by Emil Flechsig (1808 - 1878)
Translation © by Saúl Botero Restrepo

Doch seine Ströme sind jetzt rot
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT FRE ITA SPA
Chor
 Doch seine Ströme sind jetzt rot
 Von Menschenblut,
 Es wütet fürchterlich der Tod;
 Er schreitet durch die blumigen Wiesen
 Verheerend mit den ehernen Füßen.
 O Land der Sonne, wessen Schritt
 Geht über deinen Boden,
 Wirft deine Pfeiler um, zertritt
 Die Göttersäulen und Pagoden?
 Er ist's, er ist's von Gazna,
 Er naht in seinem grimmen Zorn!

Chor der Eroberer
 Gazna lebe, der mächtige Fürst!

Chor der Inder
 Es sterbe der Tyrann!

Note: this text is a translation of part of Thomas Moore's Paradise and the Peri.

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Però ara els seus rius són vermells", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Mais ses flots étaient maintenant écarlates", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Ma ora i suoi fiumi si sono tinti di rosso", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2012-12-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 71

Pero sus ríos están rojos
Language: Spanish (Español)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Coro
 Pero sus ríos están rojos 
 de sangre humana, 
 temible la furiosa Muerte
 marcha por las floridas praderas,
 devastadora con sus pies de hierro. 
 Oh país del Sol, ¿qué pasos
 avanzan sobre tu suelo, 
 abaten tus pilares y aplastan
 las columnas de los dioses y las pagodas?
 ¡Sí, es él, el de Gazna1, 
 que se acerca con furiosa cólera!

Coro de los conquistadores
 ¡Viva Gazna, el poderoso príncipe!

Coro de los indios
 ¡Muera el tirano!

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1 Mahmud de Gazna (971-1030) conquistador musulmán de la India, que para conservar el trono asesinó a su hermano.


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This text was added to the website: 2014-05-28
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Word count: 75