Death among the corn | In the wheatfield, among corn and poppies

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by Detlev von Liliencron (1844 - 1909)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Tod in Ähren

(Sung text for setting by A. Zemlinsky)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Im Weizenfeld, im Korn und Mohn,
Liegt ein Soldat, unaufgefunden,
Zwei Tage schon, zwei Nächte schon,
Mit schweren Wunden, unverbunden.

Durstüberquält und fieberwild,
Im Todeskampf sein brechend Auge schlägt nach oben.
Ein letzter Traum, ein letztes Bild,
Sein brechend Auge schlägt nach oben.

Die Sense rauscht im Ährenfeld,
Er sieht sein Dorf im Arbeitsfrieden,
Ade, ade, du Heimatwelt -
Und beugt das Haupt und ist verschieden.

Composition:

Alexander Zemlinsky

Text Authorship:

by Detlev von Liliencron (1844 - 1909), "Tod in Ähren", appears in Adjudantenritte

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ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Death among the corn", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Mort dans les blés", 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.
Line count: 12
Word count: 65

Death among the corn

(Sung text translation for setting by A. Zemlinsky)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

In the wheatfield, among corn and poppies,
lies a soldier, undiscovered
now for two days already, and two nights;
with heavy wounds, unbound.
 
Tormented by thirst and wild with fever,
in the throes of death, he rolls his breaking eyes upwards.
A last dream, a last image,
he rolls his breaking eyes upwards.
 
The scythe whispers in the cornfield,
he sees his village in peaceful toil,
adieu, adieu, you world of home -
and bows his head and departs.

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 78