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by Georg Herwegh (1817 - 1875)

Die bange Nacht ist nun herum
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die bange Nacht ist nun herum,
Wir reiten still, wir reiten stumm
Und reiten ins Verderben. 
Wie weht so scharf der Morgenwind!
Frau Wirtin, noch ein Glas geschwind
Vorm Sterben, vorm Sterben. 

Du junges Gras, was stehst so grün?
Mußt bald wie lauter Röslein blühn,
Mein Blut ja soll dich färben. 
Den ersten Schluck, ans Schwert die Hand,
Den trink' ich, für das Vaterland
Zu sterben, zu sterben!

Und schnell den zweiten hinterdrein,
Und der soll für die Freiheit sein,
Der zweite Schluck vom Herben!
Dies Restchen - nun, wem bring' ich's gleich?
Dies Restchen dir, o römisch Reich,
Zum Sterben, zum Sterben. 

Dem Liebchen - doch das Glas ist leer,
Die Kugel saust, es blitzt der Speer,
Bringt meinem Kind die Scherben!
Auf! in den Feind wie Wetterschlag!
O Reiterlust, am frühen Tag
Zu sterben, zu sterben!

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Confirmed with German Lyrics and Ballads with a Few Epigrammatic Poems, selected and arranged by James Taft Hatfield in Heath's Modern Language Series, Boston, D. C. Heath & Co., 1907, pages 72-73.


Text Authorship:

  • by Georg Herwegh (1817 - 1875), "Reiterlied" [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 Carl Banck (1809 - 1889), "Reiterlied", op. 57 (Vier Lieder) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Heinrich Evers , "Reiterlied", op. 11 (Vier Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1871 [ voice and piano ], Elberfeld, (Volkmann) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johannes Feyhl (1833 - 1905), "Reiterlied", op. 4 (Die sieben Schwaben) no. 7, note: the score gives the composer's name only as "Joh. Feyhl" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Emil Hartmann (1836 - 1898), "Reiterlied", op. 35b no. 3, published 1885, first performed 1885 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge, no. 3, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Die bange Nacht ist nun herum", op. 28 (6 Gesänge für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 1, published 1844 [ four-part men's chorus ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Schnabel (1809 - 1881), "Reiterlied", op. 129 (4 Lieder für 1 Baritonstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 4 [ baritone and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by (Johan Gustaf) Emil Sjögren (1853 - 1918), "Reiterlied", 1914 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-14
Line count: 24
Word count: 136

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