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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Das treue Ross
 (Sung text for setting by L. Lenz)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ich hab' mein Roß verloren, 
Mein apfelgraues Roß. 
Es war so treu im Leben, 
Kein treueres konnt' es geben
Im ganzen Zug und Troß.

Und als es wollte sterben,
Da blickt' es mich noch an, 
Als spräch's mit seinen Mienen:
Kann dir nicht weiter dienen, 
Ade mein Reitersmann! 

Und als es war gestorben
Da grub ich's ehrlich ein;
Wol unter grünen Matten 
In eines Lindbaums Schatten,
Das soll sein Denkmal sein! 

Du sitzen die kleinen Vögel
Und halten ihr Todtenamt. 
Ihr braucht nicht erst zu lesen, 
Wie treu mein Roß gewesen --
Sie singen's insgesamt.

Composition:

    Set to music by Leopold Lenz (1803 - 1862), "Das treue Ross", op. 38 no. 9, from Der Landsknecht unter Georg von Frundsberg. Ein Zyklus von 12 Liedern und Gesängen, gedichtet von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, no. 9

Text Authorship:

  • by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Das treue Roß", written 1826

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2010-10-21
Line count: 20
Word count: 98

The faithful horse
 (Sung text translation for setting by L. Lenz)
 See original
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
I have lost my horse,
My apple-grey horse.
He was so faithful in life,
There could never be another so faithful
In the entire army camp and its followers.

And when he was about to die
He yet looked at me 
As if his face were saying:
I can serve you no more,
Farewell, my horseman!

And when he had died
I buried him honourably;
Under the green meadows
In the shadow of a linden tree,
Which shall be his memorial!

There sit the little birds
And hold their requiem mass.
You do not even have to read
How faithful my horse was, 
For they are singing all about it.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2026 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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  • a text in German (Deutsch) by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Das treue Roß", written 1826
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This text was added to the website: 2026-07-04
Line count: 20
Word count: 112

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