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Sie blasen zum Abmarsch, Lieb Mütterlein. Mein Liebster muß scheiden Und läßt mich allein! Am Himmel die Sterne Sind kaum noch geflohn, Da feuert von ferne Das Fußvolk schon. Kaum hört er den Ton, Sein Ränzelein schnürt er, Von hinnen marschiert er, Mein Herz hinterdrein. Mein Liebster muß scheiden Und läßt mich allein! Mir ist wie dem Tag, Dem die Sonne geschwunden. Mein Trauern nicht mag So balde gesunden. Nach nichts ich frag, Keine Lust mehr heg ich, Nur Zwiesprach pfleg ich Mit meiner Pein-- Mein Liebster muß scheiden Und läßt mich allein!
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Text Authorship:
- by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Spanisches Liederbuch, in 2. Weltliche Lieder, no. 84 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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 or Caspar) Joseph Brambach (1833 - 1902), "Sie blasen zum Abmarsch, lieb Mütterlein", op. 15 (Sechs Lieder für mittlere Stimme aus dem Spanischen von Geibel und Heyse) no. 5, published 1871 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Jensen (1837 - 1879), "Sie blasen zum Abmarsch", op. 4 (Sieben Gesänge aus dem spanischen Liederbuche von E. Geibel und P. Heise [sic]) no. 4 (1860), published 1860 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Fr. Schuberth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich von Sahr (1821 - 1874), "Sie blasen zum Abmarsch", op. 5 (6 Lieder) no. 4, published 1855 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Mein Liebster muss scheiden", op. 149 (Lieder aus dem Spanischen v. P. Heyse) no. 4, published 1865 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Sie blasen zum Abmarsch", 1889-90, from Spanisches Liederbuch: Weltliche Lieder, no. 28 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Lawrence Snyder) (Rebecca Plack) , "They're sounding the rally", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-04
Line count: 24
Word count: 93
They're sounding the rally, Dear Mother. My beloved must depart, And leaves me alone! From the heavens the stars Have hardly yet flown, But already firing in the distance Is the infantry. Scarcely does he hear the sound, Ere he fastens his knapsack, He marches away, With my heart following after. My beloved must depart, And leaves me alone! To me it is as the day When the sun has disappeared. My sorrow will not Be so quickly healed. I ask for nothing, I take pleasure no longer, I keep conversation only With my pain-- My beloved must depart, And leaves me alone!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Lawrence Snyder and Rebecca Plack, (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 Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Spanisches Liederbuch, in 2. Weltliche Lieder, no. 84
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-04
Line count: 24
Word count: 103