The death-draw | The assassins are

Attention! Some of this material is not in the public domain.

It is illegal to copy and distribute our copyright-protected material without permission. It is also illegal to reprint copyright texts or translations without the name of the author or translator.

To inquire about permissions and rates, contact Emily Ezust at licenses@email.lieder.example.net

If you wish to reprint translations, please make sure you include the names of the translators in your email. They are below each translation.

Note: You must use the copyright symbol © when you reprint copyright-protected material.

by Heinrich Stieglitz (1801 - 1849)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Mit Pfeilen loosen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

      Mit Pfeilen loosen
Die Husseiniten,
Wer Turans Mörder
Sich dürfe rühmen.
 
      Das Loos trifft Haschem,
Den hagern Räuber;
Wuthschnaubend greift er
Zur Todeslanze.
 
      "Wo er auch weile,
Ich treffe Turan,
Daß keinen ferner
Sein Name schrecke!"

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Bilder des Orients von Heinrich Stieglitz, Erster Band, Leipzig, bei Carl Cnobloch, 1831, page 17.

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Stieglitz (1801 - 1849), "Das Todesloos", appears in Bilder des Orients, first published 1831 [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 Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Das Todeslos", op. 90, Heft 1 no. 2, published 1835 [ voice and piano ], from Bilder des Orients von H. Stieglitz [I], no. 2, Berlin, Fröhlich und Co. [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The death-draw", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2015-06-24
Line count: 12
Word count: 37

The death‑draw

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

     The assassins are
Drawing lots with arrows,
To determine who shall be allowed
To boast of being Turan's murderer.
 
     Hashem, the lanky bandit,
Wins the draw;
Panting with rage, he reaches
For the lance of death.
 
     "Wherever he may be,
I shall strike Turan,
So that no one shall evermore
Tremble at the mention of his name!"

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.
Contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Stieglitz (1801 - 1849), "Das Todesloos", appears in Bilder des Orients, first published 1831
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2015-06-24
Line count: 12
Word count: 58