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In tiefer Ruh liegt um mich her Der Waffenbrüder Kreis; Mir ist das Herz so bang [und]1 schwer, Von Sehnsucht mir so heiß. Wie hab' ich oft so süß [geruht]2 An ihrem Busen warm! Wie freundlich schien des Heerdes Gluth, Lag sie in meinem Arm! Hier, wo der [Flammen]3 düstrer Schein Ach nur auf Waffen spielt, Hier fühlt die Brust sich ganz allein, Der Wehmuth Thräne quillt. Herz! Daß der Trost Dich nicht verläßt! [Es]4 ruft noch manche Schlacht. - Bald ruh' ich wohl und schlafe fest, Herzliebste - Gute Nacht!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von Ludwig Rellstab. Erstes Bändchen. Berlin, bei Friedrich Laue. 1827, page 105; and with Mitternachtblatt für gebildete Stände. Herausgegeben von Müllner. 1826, Zweiter Band. Braunschweig, bei Friedrich Vieweg. No. 78. Braunschweig, am 30. Juni 1826, page 312.
1 Schubert (in the repeat): "so"2 Schubert: "geträumt"
3 Rellstab (Brockhaus 1844 and 1860 editions): "Flamme"
4 Rellstab (Mitternachtblatt), misprint: "Er"
Authorship:
- by Ludwig Rellstab (1799 - 1860), "Kriegers Ahnung" [author's text checked 2 times 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 (Carl) Ludwig (Heinrich) Berger (1777 - 1839), "Des Kriegers Ahnung", published 1842 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Frederic Hofmeister [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Bernhard (Joseph) Klein (1793 - 1832), "Des Kriegers Ahnung", published 1842 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Frederic Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Kriegers Ahnung", D 957 no. 2 (1828), published 1829 [ voice and piano ], from Schwanengesang, no. 2, Tobias Haslinger, VN 5370, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El pressentiment del guerrer", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Voorgevoel van een soldaat", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Richard Morris) , "Warrior's foreboding", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Pensées de guerrier", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Athanasios Papaisiou) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Presentimento del guerriero", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- KOR Korean (한국어/조선말) [singable] (곽명규 Myung-Kew Kwack) , "병정의 예감", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Krigerens forutanelser", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Axel Bergstedt) , "Pressentimentos de um guerreiro", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 91
I dyp ro ligger mine våpenbrødre rundt meg i en sirkel; Mitt hjerte er så engstelig og tungt, så hett av lengsel. Hvor ofte har jeg vel drømt søtelig ved hennes varme bryst! Hvor vennlig skinte ildens glød da hun lå i mine armer! Her hvor flammenes dystre skinn, akk, kun leker med våpnene, Her føler mitt bryst seg ganske alene, vemodets tårer faller. O hjerte! La ikke trøsten forlate deg! Ennå kaller mange slag. Snart skal jeg falle til ro og sove godt, min hjertens kjær, god natt!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Norwegian (Bokmål) copyright © 2016 by Marianne Beate Kielland, (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 Ludwig Rellstab (1799 - 1860), "Kriegers Ahnung"
This text was added to the website: 2016-06-27
Line count: 16
Word count: 89