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by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875)

Soldaten
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Our translations:  FRE
Med dæmpede hvirvler trommerne gå,
- Ak, skal vi da aldrig til stedet nå,
at han kan få ro i sin kiste?
- Jeg tror mit hjerte vil briste!
 
Jeg havde i verden en eneste ven,
ham er det, man bringer til døden hen
med klingende spil gennem gaden,
og jeg er med i paraden!
 
For sidste gang skuer han nu Guds sol,
- der sidder han alt på dødens stol;
de binde ham fast til pælen,
- forbarm dig Gud over sjælen!
 
På engang sigter de alle ni,
de otte skyder jo rent forbi;
de rysted' på hånden af smerte,
- kun jeg traf midt i hans hjerte!

Text Authorship:

  • by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), "Soldaten", written 1830, appears in Digte [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 Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Soldaten", EG 125 (1865), published 1908 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), adapted by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838) , "Der Soldat", appears in Lieder und lyrisch epische Gedichte, in Nach dem Dänischen von Andersen, no. 3 ; composed by Wenzel Theodor Bradsky, Robert Franz, Friedrich Theodor Fröhlich, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Friedrich Wilhelm Jähns, Heinrich August Marschner, Robert Schumann, Friedrich Silcher, Wilhelm Speyer, Eduard Tauwitz, Nicolai von Wilm.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le soldat", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 104

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