They spat death and destruction

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by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810 - 1876)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Und wir dachten an die Toten

(Sung text for setting by F. Liszt)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG POR

 ... 

Und nun kam die Nacht, und wir ritten hindann,
rundum die Wachtfeuer lohten;
die Rosse schnoben, der Regen rann -
und wir dachten der Toten, der Toten!

Note: the text above is taken from stanza 8 of the original text.

Beneath the poem: "(16. August 1870)"

Composition:

Franz (Ferenc) Liszt

Text Authorship:

by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810 - 1876), "Die Trompete von Vionville", written 1870

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
POR Portuguese (Português) (Margarida Moreno) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 32
Word count: 199

And we thought of the dead

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Liszt)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 ... 

And then came the night and we rode off,
Round about the watch fires were glowing;
The horses snorted, the rain poured down,
And we thought of the dead, the dead.

Note: the text above is taken from stanza 8 of the original text.

Translated titles:
"Die Trompete von Vionville" = "The trumpet of Vionville"
"Die Trompete von Mars la Tour" = "The trumpet of Mars la Tour"
"Und wir dachten an die Toten" = "And we thought of the dead"

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