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by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910)

Gebet des geschienten Ritters im Felde
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Herr Gott im Himmel, hör mich an! 
Sitzend muß ich beten, weil ich nicht knieen kann, 
Und auch die Hände falten, 
Das kann ich nicht; 
Ich muß die Lanze halten 
Zur Brust mir dicht. 

Nun höre, was ich bete, 
Lieber Gott und Herr: 
Zu Bette liegt die Grete, 
Der machs nit schwer; 

Sie will ein Kind mir bringen, 
Mägdlein oder Sohn: 
Das laß du wohl gelingen,
König auf deinem Thron! 

Sonst hab ich nichts zu beten, 
Ich muß im Felde stehn,--
Nur das mit Greten
Laß wohl geschehn.

Confirmed with Otto Julius Bierbaum, Der neubestellte Irrgarten der Liebe um etliche Gaenge und Lauben vermehrt, Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, MDCCCCVI (1898), page 41.


Text Authorship:

  • by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910), "Gebet des geschienten Ritters im Felde", written 1901, appears in Der neubestellte Irrgarten der Liebe [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 Ottmar Gerster (1897 - 1969), "Gebet des geschienten Ritters im Felde", published 1943 [ male voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder, no. 5, Schott (Mainz) [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The prayer of the armoured knight in the battlefield", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-10-01
Line count: 18
Word count: 88

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