You must be daring and seize every passing opportunity (Eichendorff, set by (Peter Cornelius, Hugo Wolf)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Josef Karl Benedikt von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Wagen mußt du und flüchtig erbeuten

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): CAT ENG FRE FRE ITA

Wagen mußt du und flüchtig erbeuten,
Hinter uns schon durch die Nacht hör' ich's schreiten,
Schwing' auf mein Roß dich nur schnell 
Und küß' noch im Flug mich wildschönes Kind,
Geschwind,
Denn der Tod ist ein rascher Gesell.

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Authorship

by Josef Karl Benedikt von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, in Der Soldat, no. 2 [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 Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Reiterlied", op. 12 (3 Männerchöre) no. 2 (1872-3). [TTBB chorus a cappella] [ sung text verified 1 time]
by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Der Soldat II", 1886-8 [voice and piano], from Eichendorff-Lieder, no. 6. [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El soldat II", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le soldat", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Devi osare e rapidamente ottenere", copyright © 2008, (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.
Line count: 6
Word count: 38

You must be daring and seize every...

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

You must be daring and seize every passing opportunity;
already I hear behind us the sound of marching through the night.
Leap onto my horse quickly now
and kiss me in our flight, lovely wild girl,
quickly!
for Death is a swift fellow.

About the headline (FAQ)

Translation of title "Der Soldat II" = "The soldier II"

Authorship

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on

a text in German (Deutsch) by Josef Karl Benedikt von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, in Der Soldat, no. 2

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 43