Gesang (von außen, dumpf, monoton)
 Leg' in den Sarg mir mein grünes Gewand,
                     Trubor! Trubor!
 Sporen zu Füßen, den Jagdspieß zur Hand,
                     Trubor! Trubor!
 Fütt're die Rüden, ich hab' sie geliebt,
 Streichle mein Rößlein, es steht so trübt!

. . .

Gesang
 Mach' mir die Grube acht Fuß in dem Grund,
                     Trubor! Trubor!
 Streich' aus einander das Erdreich rund,
                     Trubor! Trubor!
 Primeln entblühen dem Rasen im Mai,
 Achtlos jaget der Tartar vorbei. --

Confirmed with Karl Immermann's Schriften, Vierter Band, Düsseldorf: Verlag von J.E. Schaub, 1835, pages 158-159

¹ note: there is some text from the play omitted here.

Composition:

Set to music by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Todeslied der Bojaren"

Text Authorship:

• by Karl Leberecht Immermann (1796 - 1840), no title, appears in Alexis. Eine Trilogie, in 1. Die Bojaren, Act 5, Scene 5

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Death song of the boyars", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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