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Des stolzen Männerlebens schönste Zeichen Sind Flammen, Donner und die Kraft der Eichen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . doch Nichts mehr vom Eisenspiel, vom Bliz der Waffen! Der ew'ge Friede ward uns zugewendet, Dem Schlafe ward die Kraft der Faust verpfändet. . . . . . . . . zwar – erst jüngst noch Haben wir das scharfe Schwert geschwungen, Und kühn auf Leben oder Tod gerungen; Jetzt aber sind die Tage hohen Kampfs verklungen Und was uns blieb aus jenen Tagen, Es ist vorbei, bald sind's - ach! nur noch Sagen!!
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Elemente der Bewegungskunst eines Reuter-Regiments, als Anhang zu den Vorlesungen über die Taktik der Reuterei, von einem Obersten der Reuterei. Carlsruhe, im Verlag der C. F. Müller'schen Hofbuchhandlung. 1819, title page, verso. This publication does not identify an author, but the work from which this is excerpted appears in Alpenrosen. Ein Schweizer Almanach auf das Jahr 1819, herausgegeben von Kühn, Meisner, Wÿß u. a., Bern beÿ J. J. Bürgdorfer; Leipzig beÿ L. G. Schmid, page 133, and the author is given as A. Stähele.
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Andreas Stähele (1794 - 1864), no title, first published 1819 [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Lied eines Kriegers", D 822 (1824) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cançó d'un guerrer", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "Song of a warrior", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Waarmee een trotse man het liefst wil prijken Zijn vlammen, donder en de kracht van eiken, ............................ Maar Weg is het ijzerspel en weg is't spel der wapens. Tot eeuw'ge vrede werden wij ontwapend, En vuistkracht vindt men thans alleen nog slapend. ................ Nog onlangs Hebben wij het zwaard geheven, En fel gevochten nog op dood of leven. Nu echter zijn de dagen der fiere strijd verdreven. En wat ons bleef uit vroeger dagen, Het is voorbij, dra zijn 't nog enkel sagen.
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View text with all available footnotesTranslation of title "Lied eines Kriegers" = "Lied van een krijgsman"
Note: this is a translation of Schubert's version.
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- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2009 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Andreas Stähele (1794 - 1864), no title, first published 1819
This text was added to the website: 2009-01-15
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