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Es geht bei gedämpfter Trommel Klang; Wie weit noch die Stätte! der Weg wie lang! O wär' er zur Ruh und alles vorbei! Ich glaub', es bricht mir das Herz entzwei! Ich hab' in der Welt nur ihn geliebt, Nur ihn, dem jetzt man den Tod doch gibt. Bei klingendem Spiele wird paradiert; Dazu bin auch ich kommandiert. Nun schaut er auf zum letzten Mal In Gottes Sonne [freudigen]1 Strahl, -- Nun binden sie ihm die Augen zu -- Dir schenke Gott die ewige Ruh'. Es haben [die]2 Neun wohl angelegt, Acht Kugeln haben vorbei gefegt; Sie [zitterten]3 Alle vor Jammer und Schmerz -- Ich aber, ich traf ihn mitten [in's]4 Herz.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von Adelbert von Chamisso, Dritte Auflage, Stuttgart, Ch. Hausmann'sche Antiquariats-Buchhandlung, 1835, page 156. Note: in this edition, "paradiert" is spelled "paradirt" and "kommandiert" is spelled "kommandirt".
1 Marschner: "freud'gen"2 Schumann: "dann"
3 Furtwängler: "zittern" (? could need double-checking)
4 Schumann: "in das"
Text Authorship:
- by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838), "Der Soldat", appears in Lieder und lyrisch epische Gedichte, in Nach dem Dänischen von Andersen, no. 3 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Danish (Dansk) by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), "Soldaten", written 1830, appears in Digte
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Wenzel Theodor Bradsky (1833 - 1881), "Der Soldat", op. 38, published 1871 [ low voice and piano ], Berlin, Challier & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Mitten ins Herzen", op. 52 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2 (1884), published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Theodor Fröhlich (1803 - 1836), "Der Soldat", op. 13 (Lieder im Volkston für vier Männerstimmen) no. 16 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Berlin: Bethge [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886 - 1954), "Der Soldat ", 1899 [ voice and piano ], unpublished ; manuscripts are in the Zurich Central Library [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Jähns (1809 - 1888), "Der Soldat", op. 13 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 5, published 1834 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Der Soldat", op. 137 no. 1 [ voice and piano ], Stuttgart, Karl Göpel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Der Soldat", op. 40 (Fünf Lieder für Singstimme und Klavier) no. 3 (1840), published 1842 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen, Lose [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Philipp) Friedrich Silcher (1789 - 1860), "Der Soldat" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Speyer (1790 - 1878), "Der Soldat", published 1840? [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Tauwitz (1812 - 1894), "Der Soldat", op. 18 (Vier Lieder für Bass oder Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1846 [ bass or alto and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Peter) Nicolai von Wilm (1834 - 1911), "Der Soldat", op. 96 (Drei Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1891 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, O. Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De soldaat", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "He walks to the sound of a muffled drum", copyright ©
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 109
Camino al so esmorteït del tambor; que lluny és el lloc! Que llarg el camí! Oh, si pogués descansar i tot hagués passat! Crec que se’m partirà el cor! En aquest món, només a ell he estimat, només a ell, a qui ara hom vol afusellar! Desfilen al so de la banda i jo també hi sóc comandat. Per darrera vegada, ell esguarda els joiosos raigs del sol de Déu, ara li posen una bena als ulls – que Déu et doni la pau eterna! Els nou han apuntat els fusells; vuit bales han sortit disparades. Tots tremolen d’aflicció i de dolor – però jo l’he encertat al bell mig del seu cor.
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Translations of title(s):
"Der Soldat" = "El soldat"
"Mitten ins Herzen" = "Al bell mig del cor"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2021 by Salvador Pila, (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 Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838), "Der Soldat", appears in Lieder und lyrisch epische Gedichte, in Nach dem Dänischen von Andersen, no. 3
Based on:
- a text in Danish (Dansk) by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), "Soldaten", written 1830, appears in Digte
This text was added to the website: 2021-01-21
Line count: 16
Word count: 113