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Husaren müssen reiten Überall durch Stadt und Land. Trara! Husaren müssen streiten Mit dem Pallasch in der Hand. Trara! Wie könnten wir verzagen Ohne [Geld]1 und ohne Brot. Trara! Husaren müssen jagen Frohen [Mutes]2 in den Tod. Tralala! Trompeten und Posaunen Schmettern uns so [süß]3 und fein. Trara! Haubitzen und Kartaunen Brummen lustig zwischendrein. Trara! Wie könnten wir verderben Treu bei unsrem Feldgeschrei. Trara! Nur siegen oder sterben, Kamerad, [es]4 bleibt dabei. [Trallerah vivallallerah tra rah]5
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Strauss: "Wein"
2 Strauss: "Mut's"
3 Strauss: "hell"
4 Strauss "'s"
5 Strauss: "Tralala!"
Authorship:
- by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Husarenlied" [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 Luise von Drieberg (1801 - 1843), "Der Husar", op. 4 no. 6, published 1842 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Gruss an die Ostsee. Sechs Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte, no. 6, Berlin: Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Esser (1818 - 1872), "Husaren müssen reiten", op. 57 no. 2, published 1858 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ], from 3 Lieder von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, für vierstimmigen Männerchor, no. 2, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Husarenlied", WoO 14 (1876) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Alberto Pedrotti
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 76
Hussars must ride Everywhere through city and country. Trara! Hussars must fight With their backsword in their hand. Trara! How could we despair Without [money]1 and without bread. Trara! Hussars must dash Into death with a joyful spirit. Tralala! Trumpets und bugles Blare at us so [sweetly]2 and so fine. Trara! Howitzers and cannons Drone merrily among the racket. Trara! How could we perish, So steadfast in our battle cries. Trara! Only victory or death, Comrade, that is how things stand. [Trallerah vivallallerah tra rah]3
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View original text (without footnotes)Translations of titles
"Husarenlied" = "Song of the Hussars"
"Der Husar" = "The hussar"
2Strauss: "brightly"
3Strauss: "Tralala!"
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2014 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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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Husarenlied"
This text was added to the website: 2014-06-05
Line count: 24
Word count: 85