Trarah, trarah! Wir kehren daheim
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE
Trarah, trarah! Wir kehren daheim, -
Wir bringen die Beute der Jagd! -
Es sinket die Nacht,
Drum halten wir Wacht;
Das Licht hat über das Dunkel Macht!
Trarah, trarah! Auf, auf!
Das Feuer angefacht!
Trarah, trarah! Wir zechen im Kreis;
Wir spotten des Dunkels, der Nacht!
Des Menschen Macht,
In freudiger Pracht,
Die Qual [verhöhnet]1, des Todes lacht! -
Trarah, trarah! Auf, auf!
Die Glut ist angefacht!
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• F. Schubert About the headline (FAQ)
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Confirmed with Wanda, Königin der Sarmaten. Eine romantische Tragödie mit Gesang in fünf Akten. Von Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias Werner. Tübingen, 1810. In der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, pages 22&24; and with Theater von Friedr. Ludw. Zachar. Werner. Vierter Band. Wörtlich nach der Original-Ausgabe. Wien, 1813. Im Verlage bey Joh. Bapt. Wallishausser, pages 242&244.
The poem appears in Werner's drama Wanda, Königin der Sarmaten at the end of act 1 as Chor der Ritter und Reisigen (chorus of the knights and horsemen).
See also the last two stanzas of this text, once used as the sung text for a Schubert song titled "Die Nacht".
1 Schubert: "verhöhnt"
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cançó de cacera", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 65
Trala, trala ! Nous revenons à la maison
Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)
Trala, trala ! Nous revenons à la maison --
Nous portons le butin de la chasse --
La nuit tombe,
c'est pourquoi nous prenons garde ;
La lumière a le pouvoir sur l'obscurité !
Trala, trala ! Sus ! Sus !
Le feu est allumé !
Trala, trala ! Nous faisons ribote en rond !
Nous nous moquons de l'obscurité de la nuit !
Le pouvoir des hommes,
Dans une joyeuse splendeur,
Raille la douleur, rie de la mort ! --
Trala, trala ! Sus ! Sus !
Le brasier est allumé !
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Translation of title "Jagdlied" = "Chant de chasse"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2016 by Guy Laffaille, (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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This text was added to the website: 2016-06-07
Line count: 14
Word count: 76