Le chant du garçon archer | Avec la flèche, avec l'arc

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by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Mit dem Pfeil, dem Bogen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Mit dem Pfeil, dem Bogen,
Durch Gebirg' und Tal
Kommt der Schütz gezogen
Früh am Morgenstrahl.

Wie im Reich der Lüfte
König ist der Weih --
Durch Gebirg und Klüfte
Herrscht der Schütze frei.

Ihm gehört das Weite,
Was sein Pfeil erreicht,
Das ist seine Beute,
Was da kreucht und fleugt.

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Text Authorship:

by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), no title, appears in Wilhelm Tell, Act III, Scene 1, Walther's song, first published 1855 [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 Michael Brough (b. 1960), "Schützenlied", op. 12 (Vierzehn Lieder) no. 10 (1997-8) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Des Buben Schützenlied", op. 79 no. 25[26] (1849), published 1849 [ voice and piano ], from Liederalbum für die Jugend, no. 25[26], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [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) , "Het schutterslied van de jongeman", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The boy's song of the archer", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le chant du garçon archer", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Canzone del fanciullo arciere", copyright © 2005, (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: 12
Word count: 50

Le chant du garçon archer

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Avec la flèche, avec l'arc,
À travers montagne et vallée,
L'archer va et vient
Tôt dans les rayons du matin.

Comme dans le royaume des airs
Le roi est le milan --
À travers montagnes et gorges
L'archer règne libre.

L'espace lui appartient,
Quoi que sa flèche atteigne
C'est sa proie :
Que cela halète ou vole.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2009 by Guy Laffaille, (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 Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), no title, appears in Wilhelm Tell, Act III, Scene 1, Walther's song, first published 1855
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This text was added to the website: 2009-12-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 55