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Auf, es ist entschieden,
Munter fort in's Feld!
Alles, was im Frieden
Bindet ihn und hält,
Wirft der kühne Reiter
Hinter sich und weiter
Trabt er durch die ungestüme Welt.
Doch die süße Liebe,
Liebchen, wandelt mit,
Wie ihn Schicksal triebe,
Folgt ihm Schritt auf Schritt,
Wagt's, in süßen Bildern
Deine Huld zu schildern,
Heißt vergessen, was er schweigend litt.
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Line count: 28
Word count: 113
Arise, it is decided,
Merrily off into the battlefield!
Everything that in peacetime
Ties and holds him
The bold rider casts
Behind him, and onward
He tramps through the tumultuous world.
But sweet love,
Beloved, wanders with him
Wherever fate drives him,
Follows him step after step,
Dares in sweet images
To depict your grace,
Commands him to forget what he suffered silently.
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