Husaren müssen reiten
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: CAT ENG FRE
Husaren müssen reiten
Überall durch Stadt und Land.
Trara!
Husaren müssen streiten
Mit dem Pallasch in der Hand.
Trara!
Wie könnten wir verzagen
Ohne Geld und ohne Brot.
Trara!
Husaren müssen jagen
Frohen Mutes in den Tod.
Tralala!
Trompeten und Posaunen
Schmettern uns so süß und fein.
Trara!
Haubitzen und Kartaunen
Brummen lustig zwischendrein.
Trara!
Wie könnten wir verderben
Treu bei unsrem Feldgeschrei.
Trara!
Nur siegen oder sterben,
Kamerad, es bleibt dabei.
Trallerah vivallallerah tra rah
C. Fischer sets stanza 1 (lines 1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10-11), 2 (lines 1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10-11)
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Luise von Drieberg (1801 - 1843), "Der Husar", op. 4 no. 6, published 1842 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Gruss an die Ostsee. Sechs Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte, no. 6, Berlin: Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Esser (1818 - 1872), "Husaren müssen reiten", op. 57 no. 2, published 1858 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ], from 3 Lieder von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, für vierstimmigen Männerchor, no. 2, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Ludwig Fischer (1816 - 1877), "Husarenlied", op. 1, stanza 1 (lines 1-2,4-5,7-8,10-11), 2 (lines 1-2,4-5,7-8,10-11) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Husarenlied", WoO 14 (1876) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Alberto Pedrotti , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 82
Hussars must ride
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Hussars must ride
Everywhere through city and country.
Trara!
Hussars must fight
With their backsword in their hand.
Trara!
How could we despair
Without money and without bread.
Trara!
Hussars must dash
Into death with a joyful spirit.
Tralala!
Trumpets und bugles
Blare at us so sweetly and so fine.
Trara!
Howitzers and cannons
Drone merrily among the racket.
Trara!
How could we perish,
So steadfast in our battle cries.
Trara!
Only victory or death,
Comrade, that is how things stand.
Trallerah vivallallerah tra rah
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Translations of titles
"Husarenlied" = "Song of the Hussars"
"Der Husar" = "The hussar"
Text Authorship:
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This text was added to the website: 2014-06-05
Line count: 24
Word count: 88
