I blow my horn | I blow my horn into the vale of tears

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Herzog Ulrich

(Sung text for setting by W. Petersen)

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Language: German (Deutsch) after the Mittelhochdeutsch

Our translations: ENG FRE

Ich schwing mein Horn ins Jammertal,
Mein Freud ist mir verschwunden,
Ich hab gejagt, muß abelahn,
Das Wild lauft vor den Hunden,
Ein edel Tier in diesem Feld
Hätt ich mir auserkohren,
Das schied von mir als ich es meld,
Mein Jagen ist verloren. 

Fahr hin, Gewild, in Waldes-Lust,
Ich will dich nimmer schrecken,
Und Jagen dein schneeweisse Brust,
Ein ander muß dich wecken,
Mit Jagdgeschrei, und Hundebiß,
Daß du kaum mögst entrinnen:
Halt dich in Hut, schöns Maidlein gut,
Mit Leid scheid ich von hinnen.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.

Composition:

Wilhelm Petersen

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Based on:

a text in Mittelhochdeutsch by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Herzog Ulrich", written 1510, appears in Das Ambraser Liederbuch vom Jahre 1582, no. 8
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "I blow my horn", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Je brandis mon cor dans la vallée de larmes", copyright © 2013, (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: 24
Word count: 130

I blow my horn

(Sung text translation for setting by W. Petersen)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I blow my horn into the vale of tears:
My joy has vanished.
I have hunted, but I must cease
For the deer runs beyond the hounds.
A noble beast in this field
I had selected;
It has fled me, as I sense well.
My hunt is lost.

Farewell, deer, find joy in the forest!
I will never frighten 
your snow-white breast with my hunting;
It is for another to awaken you
With hunter's calls and snapping hounds,
That you may not outrun:
Beware, my little beast!
With sorrow I bid this place adieu.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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Based on:

a text in Mittelhochdeutsch by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Herzog Ulrich", written 1510, appears in Das Ambraser Liederbuch vom Jahre 1582, no. 8
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 147