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by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)

Der Husar,/ Trara!
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA LIT
Der Husar,
Trara!
Was ist die Gefahr?
Sein herzliebster Schatz!
Sie winkt, mit einem Satz
Ist er da, trara!

Der Husar,
Trara!
Was ist die Gefahr?
Sein Wein; flink! flink!
Säbel blink! Säbel trink!
Trink Blut! trara!

Der Husar,
Trara!
Was ist die Gefahr?
Sein herzliebster Klang,
Sein Leibgesang,
Schlafgesang, trara!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 4. Viertes Buch, in Vermischte Gedichte, in Husarenlieder, no. 1 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Der Husar, trara!", op. 117 no. 1 (1851), published 1852, from Vier Husarenlieder von Nikolaus Lenau, no. 1, Leipzig, Senff [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "L’hússar, tra-la-la!", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De huzaar, trara!", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Linda Godry) , "The husar, trara!", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le hussard, trara !", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "L'ussaro, tra la la!", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Husaras, trara!", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 51

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