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by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805)

Hektors Abschied
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Andromache
 Will sich Hektor ewig von mir wenden,
 Wo Achill mit [den unnahbar'n]1 Händen
 Dem Patroklus schrecklich Opfer bringt?
 Wer wird künftig deinen Kleinen lehren
 Speere werfen und die Götter ehren,
 Wenn der finstre Orkus dich verschlingt? 

Hektor
 Theures Weib gebiete deinen Thränen,
 Nach der Feldschlacht ist mein feurig Sehnen,
 Diese Arme schützen [Pergamus]2.
 Kämpfend für den heil'gen Herd der Götter
 Fall ich, und des Vaterlandes Retter
 Steig' ich nieder zu dem styg'schen Fluß.

Andromache
 Nimmer lausch' ich deiner Waffen Schalle,
 Müßig liegt [dein]3 Eisen in der Halle,
 Priams großer Heldenstamm verdirbt.
 Du wirst hingeh'n wo kein Tag mehr scheinet,
 Der Cocytus durch die Wüsten weinet,
 Deine [Liebe in dem]4 Lethe stirbt.

Hektor
 All mein Sehnen will ich, all mein Denken,
 In des [Lethe]5 stillen Strom versenken,
 Aber meine Liebe nicht.
 Horch! der Wilde tobt schon an den Mauern,
 Gürte mir das Schwerdt um, laß das Trauern,
 Hektors Liebe stirbt im Lethe nicht.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Friederich Schiller, Erster Theil, Leipzig, 1800, bey Siegfried Lebrecht Crusius, pages 301-302.

First published in a different version in "Die Räuber", act 2, scene 2 (see below).

1 Schubert: "unnahbaren"
2 Schubert (first print 1826, and Neue Gesamtausgabe, second version): "Pergamos"
3 Schubert: "das"
4 Schubert: "Lieb' im"
5 Schubert (manuscript and first print 1826 only): "Lethes"

Text Authorship:

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

Another version of this text exists in the database.

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El comiat d’Hèctor", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Hectors afscheid", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (T. P. (Peter) Perrin) , "Hector's leave-taking", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "L'adieu d'Hector", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 28
Word count: 149