Since our Country, our God -- Oh, my Sire! Demand that thy Daughter expire; Since thy triumph was brought by thy vow -- Strike the bosom that's bared for thee now! And the voice of my mourning is o'er, And the mountains behold me no more: If the hand that I love lay me low, There cannot be pain in the blow! And of this, oh, my Father! be sure -- That the blood of thy child is as pure As the blessing I beg ere it flow, And the last thought that soothes me below. Though the virgins of Salem lament, Be the judge and the hero unbent! I have won the great battle for thee, And my Father and Country are free! When this blood of thy giving hath gush'd, When the voice that thou lovest is hush'd, Let my memory still be thy pride, And forget not I smiled as I died!
Authorship:
- by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824), "Jeptha's Daughter", appears in Hebrew Melodies, no. 7 [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 Isaac Nathan (1790 - 1864), "Jeptha's Daughter", published 1815, from A Selection of Hebrew Melodies No. I, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by G. Jorissenne ; composed by Feliks Mikhailovich Blumenfeld.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Franz Theremin (1780 - 1846) , appears in Hebräische Gesänge, first published 1820 ; composed by Carl Loewe.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Karl Julius Körner (1793 - 1873) , "Die Tochter Jephta's", appears in Israelitische Gesänge, no. 7, first published 1821 ; composed by Heinrich August Marschner, Robert Schumann.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Gustav Pfizer (1807 - 1890) , "Jephthas Töchter" ; composed by Franz Joseph Messer.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Adolf Böttger (1815 - 1870) , "Jephtas Tochter", appears in Hebräische Melodien, no. 7, first published 1841 ; composed by Emil Bezecný, Carl Georg Peter Grädener, Adolf Jensen, Karl Müller.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Johann Wenzeslaus Kalliwoda.
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Nikolay Vasilyevich Gerbel (1827 - 1883) , "Дочь Иеффая" ; composed by Feliks Mikhailovich Blumenfeld.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La filla de Jeftè", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Alexis Paulin Pâris) , "La fille de Jephté", appears in Mélodies hébraïques, no. 7
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Wenn das Volk, wenn Jehovas Gebot, o mein Vater, verlangt meinen Tod, wenn nur so dein Gelübde sich löst, o schlag! Meine Brust ist entblößt. Mein Trauern, mein Klagen ist aus; von den Bergen jetzt kehrt' ich nach Haus'. Gibt die Hand mir des Vaters den Schlag, dann nicht schwer er mich treffen mag. Und, o Vater, gewiss darfst du sein, dass das Blut deines Kind's ist so rein als der Segen, um den ich dich fleh' und mit dem hinunter ich geh'. Es erweiche der Freundinnen Schmerz nicht dem Richter, dem Helden das Herz! Die ich dir gewonnen, die Schlacht, frei hat Volk sie und Vater gemacht. Wenn dies Blut dann - dein eig'nes! - ist kalt und die Stimme, so lieb dir, verhallt, sei mein Name dein Stolz! Und noch dies: Dass mit Lächeln ich starb, nicht vergiss!
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Confirmed with Dichtungen von Byron, aus dem Englischen von Gustav Pfizer, Stuttgart, 1836.
Authorship:
- by Gustav Pfizer (1807 - 1890), "Jephthas Töchter" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824), "Jeptha's Daughter", appears in Hebrew Melodies, no. 7
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Franz Joseph Messer (1811 - 1860), "Die Tochter Jephtas", op. 6 (Vier Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Piano-Forte) no. 4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2024-04-12
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