Saint George | I am Saint George

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by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Sankt Jörg

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ich bin Sankt Jörg,
Steh auf dem Berg, 
Steh auf der Wache.
Schlug ich auch tot
Den Wurm der Not:
Der alte Drache
Ließ junge Brut,
Die nimmer ruht;
Sie schleicht im Tale.
Ich bin bereit
Und führ den Streit
Zum andern Male.

Confirmed with Otto Julius Bierbaum, Der neubestellte Irrgarten der Liebe um etliche Gaenge und Lauben vermehrt, Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, MDCCCCVI (1898), page 29.

Text Authorship:

by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910), "Sankt Jörg", appears in Der neubestellte Irrgarten der Liebe, in Statuen [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 Ottmar Gerster (1897 - 1969), "Sankt Jörg", published 1943 [ male voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder, no. 3, Schott (Mainz) [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Saint George", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-10-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 43

Saint George

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I am Saint George,
I stand upon the mountain,
I stand keeping watch.
Though I slew 
The dragon of misery:
The old dragon
Left a young brood
That never rests;
It slinks around in the valley.
I am at the ready
And shall lead the battle
For a second time.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910), "Sankt Jörg", appears in Der neubestellte Irrgarten der Liebe, in Statuen
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This text was added to the website: 2022-03-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 50