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by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) and by Emil Flechsig (1808 - 1878)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Doch seine Ströme sind jetzt rot

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT FRE ITA SPA

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.

Text 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 page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2012-12-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 71

Mais ses flots étaient maintenant écarlates

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

Chœur
 Mais ses flots étaient maintenant écarlates
 De sang humain,
 La mort était en furie de manière épouvantable :
 Il avançait à travers les prairies en fleurs 
 Dévastant tout de ses pieds d'airain.
 Ô terre du soleil, quels pas 
 Marchent sur ton corps,
 Jette à bas ton pilier, piétine
 Les colonnes des dieux et les pagodes ?
 Il est là, il est là celui de Gazna,
 Il s'approche dans sa terrible colère !

Chœur des conquérants
 Vive Gazna, le puissant prince !

Chœur des Indiens
 Mort au tyran !

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 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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a text in German (Deutsch) by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) and by Emil Flechsig (1808 - 1878)
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This text was added to the website: 2012-12-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 84