Soldaten
Language:
Danish
Med dæmpede Hvirvler Trommerne gaa,
ak, skal vi dog aldrig til Stedet naa,
at han kan faa Ro i sin Kiste?
Jeg tror mit Hjerte vil briste!
Jeg havde i Verden en eneste Ven!
Ham er det man bringer til Døden hen
med klingende Spil gennem Gaden,
og jeg er med i Paraden!
For sidste Gang skuer han nu Guds Sol,
nu sidder han alt paa Dødens Stol,
de binde ham fast til Pælen!
Forbarm dig, Gud, over Sjælen!
Paa en Gang sigte de alle ni.
De otte skyde jo rent forbi,
de rysted paa Haanden af Smerte,
kun jeg traf ham midt i hans Hjerte!
Authorship
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text),
listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
Set in
German,
adapted by
Adelbert von Chamisso (1781-1838)
ENG GER FRE
by Robert Franz (1815-1892)
, "Mitten ins Herzen", op. 52 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 2 (1884).
by Friedrich Wilhelm Jähns (1809-1888)
, "Der Soldat", op. 13 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 5, published 1834.
by Robert Alexander Schumann (1810-1856)
, "Der Soldat", op. 40 no. 3 (1840).
by (Philipp) Friedrich Silcher (1789-1860)
, "Der Soldat"
by Wilhelm Speyer (1790-1878)
, "Der Soldat", published 1840? [voice and piano]
Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):
Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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