How regally the lion strides!

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by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wie schreitet königlich der Leu!

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Wie schreitet königlich der Leu!
Schüttelt die Mähn in die Lüfte.
Er ruft sein Machtgebot
Durch Wälder und Klüfte.

Doch werd ich ihn stürzen
Mit dem Speer in starker Hand,
Um die Schultern mir schürzen
Sein Goldgewand.

Der Aar, ein König, schwebet auf,
Er rauschet in Wonne,
Will langen sich zur Kron herab
Die goldne Sonne.

Doch in den Wolken hoch
Soll ihn [fahen]¹ und spießen
Mein geflügelter Pfeil,
Daß er mir sinke zu Füßen.

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Text Authorship:

by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), no title, appears in Der Königssohn, no. 5 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Was spähest du nach der Angel", op. 116 no. 3 (1851), published 1853 [ soli, chorus and orchestra ], from Der Königssohn, no. 3, Leipzig, Whistling
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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , no title, copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 16
Word count: 76

How regally the lion strides!

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

How regally the lion strides!
[He] shakes his mane in the breezes.
He sends his mighty command
Through forests and rocky crags.
 
Yet I shall fell him
With the spear in my strong hand,
And shall garb my shoulders
With his golden mantle.
 
The eagle, a king, rises aloft,
He rushes [through the air] in bliss,
He desires to reach and bring down
The golden sun as a crown for himself.
 
But high up in the clouds
He shall be caught and speared
By my winged arrow,
So that he sinks at my feet.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), no title, appears in Der Königssohn, no. 5
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This text was added to the website: 2015-06-09
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Word count: 94