Il s’agit d’avoir de l’audace et de saisir l’instant

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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Translation © by Stéphane Goldet, Pierre de Rosamel

Wagen mußt du und flüchtig erbeuten

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE FRE ITA

Wagen mußt du und flüchtig erbeuten,
Hinter uns schon durch die Nacht hör' ich's schreiten,
Schwing' auf mein Roß dich nur schnell 
Und küß' noch im Flug mich wildschönes Kind,
Geschwind,
Denn der Tod ist ein rascher Gesell.

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Text Authorship:

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, in Der Soldat, no. 2 [author's text not yet checked 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 Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Reiterlied", op. 12 (3 Männerchöre) no. 2 (1872-3) [ TTBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Der Soldat II", 1886-8 [ voice and piano ], from Eichendorff-Lieder, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El soldat II", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le soldat", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Devi osare e rapidamente ottenere", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 38

Il s’agit d’avoir de l’audace et de...

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Il s’agit d’avoir de l’audace et de saisir l’instant ;
là derrière, j’entends marcher dans la nuit,
saute sur mon cheval, fais vite,
et embrasse-moi encore à la volée, belle sauvageonne,
en vitesse, car la mort nous talonne.

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Translation of title "Der Soldat II" = "Le soldat II"

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, in Der Soldat, no. 2
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This text was added to the website: 2015-09-30
Line count: 5
Word count: 37