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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Wie ein todeswunder Streiter
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE
Wie ein todeswunder Streiter, 
der den Weg verloren hat,
schwank' ich nun und kann nicht weiter,
von dem Leben sterbensmatt.
Nacht schon decket alle Müden,
und so still ist's um mich [her,]1
Herr, auch mir gib endlich Frieden,
denn ich wünsch' und hoff' nichts mehr!

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1 Wolf: "her, Herr, gib Frieden!"

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 6. Geistliche Gedichte, in Der Pilger, no. 5 [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 Heinrich Kaspar Schmid (1874 - 1953), "Wie ein todeswunder Streiter", op. 33 no. 4 (1920), first performed 1921, orchestrated 1940 [ baritone and piano ], from Der Pilger : Zyklus von fünf Gedichten von Joseph v. Eichendorff, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Severin Warteresiewicz (1852 - 1923), "Der Pilger", op. 12 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Letzte Bitte", 1881 [ satb chorus ], from Sechs geistliche Lieder nach Gedichten von Eichendorff, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Final prayer", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Virginia Knight

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 46

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