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by Wilhelm Hauff (1802 - 1827)

Morgenroth
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
[Morgenroth]1,
Leuchtest mir zum frühen Tod?
Bald wird die Trompete blasen,
Dann muß ich mein Leben lassen,
Ich und mancher Kamerad!

[Kaum gedacht]2,
[War]3 der Lust ein End' gemacht.
Gestern noch auf stolzen Rossen,
Heute durch die Brust geschossen,
Morgen in das kühle Grab!

[Ach, wie bald]4
Schwindet Schönheit und Gestalt!
[Thust du stolz]5 mit deinen Wangen,
Die wie Milch und Purpur prangen?
Ach, die Rosen welken all'!

[Darum still]6,
Füg' ich mich, wie Gott es will.
Nun so will ich wacker streiten,
Und sollt' ich den Tod erleiden,
Stirbt ein braver Reitersmann.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   F. Silcher 

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Confirmed with Deutsche Lyrik, ed. by C. A. Buchheim, London: Macmillan and Co., 1875, page 150. Note: in some older editions, "Reitersmann" is "Reutersmann". Modern German would change the following spellings above: "Morgenroth" -> "Morgenrot", "Thust" -> "Tust", etc.

1 Silcher: "Morgenrot, Morgenrot"
2 Silcher: "Kaum gedacht, kaum gedacht"
3 Silcher: "Wird"
4 Silcher: "Ach wie bald, ach wie bald"
5 Silcher: "Strahlst du gleich"
6 Silcher: "Darum still, darum still"

Text Authorship:

  • by Wilhelm Hauff (1802 - 1827), "Reiters Morgengesang", subtitle: "Nach einem schwäbischen Volkslied", appears in Phantasien und Skizzen [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 Emil Hartmann (1836 - 1898), "Reiters Morgengesang", op. 35b no. 1, published 1885, first performed 1885 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge, no. 1, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Bruno Oscar Klein (1858 - 1911), "Reiters Morgengesang", op. 42 (Fünf Lieder und Gesänge für Bariton oder Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1891 [ baritone or alto and piano ], Leipzig, A. P. Schmidt [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Philipp) Friedrich Silcher (1789 - 1860), "Reitermorgenlied", alternate title: "Reiters Morgengesang" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Sigismund Thalberg (1812 - 1871), "Der Reitersmann", op. 8 (Sechs deutsche Lieder, Erstes Heft) no. 6 [ voice and piano ], note: the sung text begins with stanza 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wenzel Heinrich Veit (1806 - 1864), "Kaum gedacht, war der Lust ein End", op. 8 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1840 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by A. F. Wustrow , "Morgenroth leuchtest mir", op. 15 (9 Gesänge) no. 9, published 1835 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Westphal [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Linda Godry) , "A cavalry man's morning-song", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-03-02
Line count: 20
Word count: 102

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