<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=418520" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Ich Hatt' Einen Kameraden (I Had A Comrade)</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ich hatt' einen Kameraden, <br>Einen bessern findst du nit. <br>Die Trommel schlug zum Streite, <br>Er ging an meiner Seite <br>In gleichem Schritt und Tritt.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Eine Kugel kam geflogen: <br>Gilt's mir oder gilt es dir? <br>Ihn hat es weggerissen, <br>Er liegt vor meinen Füßen <br>Als wär's ein Stück von mir </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Will mir die Hand noch reichen, <br>Derweil ich eben lad'. <br>'Kann dir die Hand nicht geben, <br>Bleib du im ew'gen Leben <br>Mein guter Kamerad!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>I Had a Comrade</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In battle he was my comrade, <br>None better I have had. <br>The drum called us to fight, <br>He always on my right, <br>In step, through good and bad. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">A bullet it flew towards us,<br>For him or meant for me?<br>His life from mine it tore,<br>At my feet a piece of gore,<br>As if a part of me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">His hand reached up to hold mine.<br>I must re-load my gun.<br>'My friend, I cannot ease your pain,<br>In life eternal we'll meet again,<br>And walk once more as one.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Translated by Frank Petersohn</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>I Had a Comrade </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I had one faithful comrade<br>'Ere we heard the trumpet's call,<br>And we pledged our hearts forever<br>In battle joined together<br>To beat the foe or fall.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A musket shot came screaming<br>To seal his fate or mine<br>Right at my feet he stumbled,<br>And friendship's shrine it crumbled<br>Around that friend of mine.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">His hand is blindly seeking<br>The clasp I cannot give<br>For duty calls me onward<br>Farewell my dying comrade,<br>Our love shall ever live.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Translated by Arthur Kevess</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Johann+Ludwig+Uhland">Johann Ludwig Uhland</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=418520" data-title="Ich Hatt' Einen Kameraden (I Had A Comrade) de Johann Ludwig Uhland" data-description="Ich hatt' einen Kameraden, Einen bessern findst du nit. Die Trommel schlug zum Streite, Er ging an meiner Seite In gleichem Schritt und Tritt. Eine Kugel kam geflogen: Gilt's mir oder gilt es dir? Ihn hat es weggerissen, Er liegt vor meine..."></div> </div> </div>

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