Gesang (von außen, dumpf, monoton)
 Leg' in den Sarg mir mein grünes Gewand,
                     Trubor! Trubor!
 Sporen zu Füßen, den Jagdspieß zur Hand,
                     Trubor! Trubor!
 Fütt're die Rüden, ich hab' sie geliebt,
 Streichle mein Rößlein, es steht so trübt!

[. . .]1

Gesang
 Mach' mir die Grube acht Fuß in dem Grund,
                     Trubor! Trubor!
 Streich' aus einander das Erdreich rund,
                     Trubor! Trubor!
 Primeln entblühen dem Rasen im Mai,
 Achtlos jaget der Tartar vorbei. --

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Confirmed with Karl Immermann's Schriften, Vierter Band, Düsseldorf: Verlag von J.E. Schaub, 1835, pages 158-159

¹ note: there is some text from the play omitted here.

Text Authorship:

• by Karl Leberecht Immermann (1796 - 1840), no title, appears in Alexis. Eine Trilogie, in 1. Die Bojaren, Act 5, Scene 5 [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 Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Todeslied der Bojaren" [sung text checked 1 time]

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

• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Death song of the boyars", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

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