The boy's song of the archer (Schiller, set by (Michael Brough, Robert Schumann)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Mit dem Pfeil, dem Bogen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): DUT ENG FRE ITA

Mit dem Pfeil, dem Bogen,
Durch Gebirg' und Tal
Kommt der Schütz gezogen
Früh am Morgenstrahl.

Wie im Reich der Lüfte
König ist der Weih --
Durch Gebirg und Klüfte
Herrscht der Schütze frei.

Ihm gehört das Weite,
Was sein Pfeil erreicht,
Das ist seine Beute,
Was da kreucht und fleugt.

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Authorship

by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), no title, appears in Wilhelm Tell, Act III, Scene 1, Walther's song, first published 1855 [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 Michael Brough (b. 1960), "Schützenlied", op. 12 (Vierzehn Lieder) no. 10 (1997-8). [voice and piano] [ sung text not verified ]
by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Des Buben Schützenlied", op. 79 no. 25[26] (1849), published 1849 [voice and piano], from Liederalbum für die Jugend, no. 25[26], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Het schutterslied van de jongeman", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The boy's song of the archer", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le chant du garçon archer", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Canzone del fanciullo arciere", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 50

The boy's song of the archer

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

With arrow, with bow,
through mountain and valley,
comes marching the archer, 
early in the morning rays.

Just as in the realm of the breezes,
the king is the kite,
so, through mountains and gorges
the archer reigns free.

The wide-open spaces belong to him;
whatever his shaft reaches,
that is his prey:
whether is crawls or flies.

Authorship

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), no title, appears in Wilhelm Tell, Act III, Scene 1, Walther's song, first published 1855

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 58