»Es geht bei gedämpfter Trommel Klang« • German Soldier Song

Описание: "Es geht bei gedämpfter Trommel Klang" (The muffled drums now have their say)
Music: Friedrich Silcher (1837); Words: Adalbert of Chamisso (1832)
Formerly one of the best-known soldiers' songs and printed in numerous songbooks up to the First World War and sometimes even after. Unfortunately largely forgotten today and not so often set to music.

Liedtext:
Es geht bei gedämpftem Trommelklang.
Wie weit noch die Stätte, der Weg wie lang!
O wär' er zur Ruh und alles vorbei!
|: Ich glaub, es bricht mir das Herz entzwei. :|

Ich hab' in der Welt nur ihn geliebt,
Nur ihn, dem jetzt man den Tod doch gibt.
Bei klingendem Spiele wird paradiert,
|: Dazu, dazu bin auch ich kommandiert. :|

Nun schaut er auf zum letztenmal
In Gottes Sonne freudigen Strahl.
Nun binden sie ihm die Augen zu.
|: Dir schenke Gott die ewige Ruh'! :|

Es haben die neun wohl angelegt;
Acht Kugeln haben vorbeigefegt;
Sie zitterten alle vor Jammer und Schmerz,
|: Ich aber, ich traf ihn mitten ins Herz! :|

English Lyrics:
The muffled drums now have their say,
How far still the place, and how long the way.
O were he at peace without any more ado;
|: I feel that my heart is breaking in two. :|

In this whole world I loved only him,
Just him, whose life they now will dim.
The marches are played and we must parade,
|: By order, a part of this I am made. :|

Now he looks up for just one more time,
To God's sun and to its glorious shine.
They tie a blindfold over his eyes,
|: May your soul to God's eternal peace rise. :|

All nine did aim their weapons well,
Eight bullets by the wayside fell.
They all quivered because of pity and woe,
|: But my bullet straight to his heart did go. :|

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