Rider’s departure | Arise, it is decided

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by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Reiterausfahrt

(Sung text for setting by H. Nägeli)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

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

Composition:

Hans Georg Nägeli

Gesangbildungslehre für das Männerchore: Chorgesangschule

Rundgesänge

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843), "Reiters Ausfahrt"

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Rider’s departure", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 113

Rider’s departure

(Sung text translation for setting by H. Nägeli)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

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

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2015 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 Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843), "Reiters Ausfahrt"
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This text was added to the website: 2015-12-13
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