Chor
 Doch seine Ströme sind jetzt rot
 Von Menschenblut,
 Es wütet fürchterlich der Tod;
 Er schreitet durch die blumigen Wiesen
 Verheerend mit den ehernen Füßen.
 O Land der Sonne, wessen Schritt
 Geht über deinen Boden,
 Wirft deine Pfeiler um, zertritt
 Die Göttersäulen und Pagoden?
 Er ist's, er ist's von Gazna,
 Er naht in seinem grimmen Zorn!

Chor der Eroberer
 Gazna lebe, der mächtige Fürst!

Chor der Inder
 Es sterbe der Tyrann!

Note: this text is a translation of part of Thomas Moore's Paradise and the Peri.

Authorship

• by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
• by Emil Flechsig (1808 - 1878) [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), "Doch seine Ströme sind jetzt rot", op. 50 no. 6 (1843), published 1844, from Das Paradies und die Peri, no. 6, Part I; Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]

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

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Però ara els seus rius són vermells", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Mais ses flots étaient maintenant écarlates", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Ma ora i suoi fiumi si sono tinti di rosso", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2012-12-13
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Word count: 71