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Habet Acht Auf der Jagd! Mancher ist zu Grund gegangen, Weil der Nachbar sich verfangen, Und ein Lauf ist los gegangen! [Auf der Jagd Habet Acht]1! Habet Acht Auf der Jagd! Mancher schoss den Nachbar nieder Denn es fahren Aug' und Glieder In der Hitze hin und wieder, Habet Acht Auf der Jagd! Habet Acht Auf der Jagd! Rasch ist noch nicht unbesonnen, Blinde Hast hat nie gewonnen, Halb gezielt ist ganz zerronnen -- [Auf der Jagd Habet Acht]1! Habet Acht Auf der Jagd! Des geschossnen Kameraden Denke jeder jetzt beim Laden; Helfe Gott dem Kameraden, Der vollbracht! Gute Nacht. Gute Nacht! Wer vollbracht! Bei des Mannes schönstem Drange, Bei der Schüsse lust'gem Klange, Traf ihn rasch des Todes Schlange! Gute Nacht! Wer vollbracht!
R. Schumann sets stanzas 1, 3-5
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Schumann: "Habet Acht/ Auf der Jagd"
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Laube (1806 - 1884), "Der Jäger wird geschossen. Ein Lied zu Waldhörnern", appears in Jagdbrevier, in 3. Herbst [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 Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Habet Acht!", op. posth. 137 no. 2 (1849), published 1857, stanzas 1,3-5 [ men's chorus ], from Jagdlieder : Fünf Gesänge aus H. Laubes "Jagdbrevier", no. 2, Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Geef wel acht!", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Take Care!", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Prends garde", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2009-10-05
Line count: 35
Word count: 125
Take care On the chase! Many a person has perished Because his neighbour became entangled, And a gun went off! Take care On the chase! Take care On the chase! Many a man shot his neighbour For eye and limb jerk Back and forth in the heat [of the chase], Take care On the chase! Take care On the chase! Quickly does not mean imprudently, Blind haste has never succeeded, To take aim by halves is to miss completely. [Take care On the chase]1! Take care On the chase! Of the comrade who was shot Everyone should think while loading; May Got help the comrade, Whose life is ended! Good night! Good night To him whose life has ended! In the midst of man's finest pursuits, By the merry sounds of the shots, The snake of death struck him! Good night To him whose life has ended!
1 Schumann: "On the chase/ Take care"
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2009 by Sharon Krebs, (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 Heinrich Laube (1806 - 1884), "Der Jäger wird geschossen. Ein Lied zu Waldhörnern", appears in Jagdbrevier, in 3. Herbst
This text was added to the website: 2009-10-06
Line count: 35
Word count: 148