Of all the valiant ones who died

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by Hermann von Lingg (1820 - 1905)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Von all' den Tapfern, welche starben

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Von all' den  Tapfern, welche starben,
  Beneidet jeder deinen Tod,
Du fielst, die Blume zwischen Garben,
  Ein Stern im ersten Morgenroth.

Zu schau'n in deiner schönen Züge
  Nun sanft und still gewordnes Leid,
Es mahnt mich fast wie schwere Rüge,
  Beschleicht mich wie ein tiefer Neid.

Ein stiller Vorwurf scheint zu schweben
  Um deine Lippen, und dein Mund
Zu sprechen noch: wie kann man leben,
  Wenn alles Große geht zu Grund?

O doppelt brennen solche Wunden!
  O flucherfüllter Bruderkrieg!
Um Kreuze wird der Kranz gewunden,
  Und Trauerglocken läuten Sieg.

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• J. Rheinberger

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Confirmed with Hermann Lingg Gedichte, Zweiter Band, Zweite Auflage, Stuttgart: Verlag der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1869, page 347.

Text Authorship:

by Hermann von Lingg (1820 - 1905), "Einem Todten" [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 Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Einem Toten", op. 48 (Vier deutsche Gesänge) no. 3 (1870) [ TTBB chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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

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Of all the valiant ones who died

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Of all the valiant ones who died,
  Every one of them is envious of your death,
You fell, a flower among the sheaves,
  A star in the first red light of morning.

To gaze into your beautiful lineaments'
  Sorrow, now become gentle and silent,
Admonishes me almost like a grave rebuke,
  Stalks me like profound envy.

A silent reproach seems to hover
  About your lips, and your mouth seems
To speak yet: how can one live
  When everything great perishes?

Oh, such wounds burn doubly!
  Oh curse-filled civil war!
About crosses the wreath is wound,
  And mourning-bells toll victory.

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Translations of title(s):
"Einem Todten" = "To one who died"
"Einem Toten" = "To one who died"

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