We loved each other like brothers

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by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wir liebten uns wie Brüder

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Wir liebten uns wie Brüder,
Der Tod hat uns getrennt,
Dich riß die Kugel nieder
Und meine Wunde brennt.

Wie kämpftest Du so muthig,
Du löwenstarker Held!
Nun liegst Du bleich und blutig
Zu Füßen mir im Feld.

Gott zähle Dich in Gnaden 
Zum auserwählten Heer!
So treuen Kameraden --
Find' ich wohl nimmermehr.

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Confirmed with Daheim. Ein deutsches Familienblatt mit Illustrationen, Jahrgang 1866, No. 44, page 649.

Text Authorship:

by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896), "Der todte Kamerad" [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 Arthur Claassen (1859 - 1920), "Der todte Soldat", op. 32 (Sechs Männerchöre) no. 1, published 1894 [ ttbb chorus ], Magdeburg: Heinrichshofen Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken (1810 - 1882), "Der treue Kamerad", op. 84 no. 4, published 1867 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Senff [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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We loved each other like brothers

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

We loved each other like brothers,
Death has parted us,
A bullet mowed you down
And my wound is burning.

How courageously you fought,
You hero, strong as a lion!
Now, pale and bloodied, you are
Lying at my feet in the battlefield.

May God in grace number you
Among his elite army!
I shall likely never again find
Such a faithful comrade.

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Translations of title(s):
"Der todte Kamerad" = "The dead comrade"
"Der todte Soldat" = "The dead soldier"
"Der treue Kamerad" = "The faithful comrade"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896), "Der todte Kamerad"
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