by Martin Boelitz (1874 - 1918)
Reiterlied
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: CAT
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.
Text Authorship:
- by Martin Boelitz (1874 - 1918) [author's text not yet checked 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 Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Reiterlied", op. 76 (Schlichte Weisen) no. 34 (1904) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cançó del genet", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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