A day among the army train | A day among the army train. Swearing, colors, laughing

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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Translation © by Knut W. Barde

[No title]

(Sung text for setting by H. Reutter)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Ein Tag durch den Troß. Flüche, Farben, Lachen --  : 
davon blendet das Land. Kommen bunte Buben gelaufen. 
Raufen und Rufen. Kommen Dirnen mit purpurnen Hüten 
im flutenden Haar. Winken. Kommen Knechte, 
schwarzeisern wie wandernde Nacht. 
Packen die Dirnen heiß, daß ihnen die Kleider zerreißen. 
Drücken sie an den Trommelrand. 
Und von der wilderen Gegenwehr hastiger Hände 
werden die Trommeln wach, wie im Traum poltern sie, poltern --.
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Composition:

Hermann Reutter

Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke

Text Authorship:

by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1899, appears in Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 9, first published 1906

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ENG English (Knut W. Barde) , "A day among the army train", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Un jour avec le train des équipages", copyright © 2009, (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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Word count: 86

A day among the army train

(Sung text translation for setting by H. Reutter)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

A day among the army train.  Swearing, colors, laughing: 
the country dazzles with it. Colorful boys come running.
Tussling and yelling. Hussies with purple hats 
in their flood of hair.  Signaling. Lansquenets come, 
iron-black as if the night were afoot. 
Hotly grabbing the hussies, so that their dresses are torn up.
Pushing them against the edge of the drum.  
And the even wilder resistance of quick hands awakens the drums, 
as in a dream they rumble, rumble-. 
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1899, appears in Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 9, first published 1906
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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