by
Martin Boelitz (1874 - 1918)
Reiterlied
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ein Reiter muß haben
ein Rößlein, zu traben,
zwei Sporen, die blinken,
einen Becher zu trinken!
Laßt funkeln die Sterne
aus dämmernder Ferne
wer weiß, ob wir morgen
noch singen und sorgen!
In blutiger Seide
das Schwert aus der Scheide,
ruht mancher im Grabe,
manch munterer Knabe.
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cançó del genet", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Cançó del genet
Language: Catalan (Català) after the German (Deutsch)
Un genet ha de tenir
un cavall per trotar,
dos esperons que brillin,
una copa per beure!
Que espurnegin les estrelles
del llunyà crepuscle,
qui sap si demà
encara cantarem i ens angoixarem!
En mortalla de seda sangonent,
l’espasa fora de la beina,
reposen mants a la tomba,
mants joves eixerits.
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