Wir rufen deine Woelfe

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I found a lovely song with cool scenes from the battle of the Teutoburger Wald and other ones.

I made a quick translation, sorry if there´re some mistakes:



We call upon your wolves
And call upon your spear
We call upon all twelves
From heaven to us here.

We call you above all
Now begins the wild hunt
Sound the bugle call
About the dead do not lament

The enemy's already decayed
Ere the morning breaks
(x2)

We call upon your wolves
And call upon your spear
We call upon all twelves
From heaven to us here.
(x2)

The game has no alias
No face has the opponent
No seed in the carcass
Fair is the judgement

The harvest has withered
Daily the chaff is for sale
The ravens now desired
Their reasonable share

The hunt has begun
It keeps us up, Lord, Your salvation
(x2)

We call upon your wolves
And call upon your spear
We call upon all twelves
From heaven to us here.
(repeating)

Friedrich Hielscher (1979)

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Nice, although I would say you translated "Wild" wrong in the fourth verse, it should be "game" instead as the animals are meant.

My try of a translation:
(focusing on trying to aim at recreating the rhymes)

We call upon your wolves
And call upon your spear
We call upon all twelves
From heaven to us here.

We call you above all
Now begins the wild hunt
Sound the bugle call
About the dead do not lament

The enemy's already decayed*
Ere the morning breaks
(x2)

We call upon your wolves
And call upon your spear
We call upon all twelves
From heaven to us here.
(x2)

The game has no alias
No face has the opponent
No seed in the carcass
Fair is the judgement

The harvest has withered
Daily the chaff is for sale
The ravens now desired
Their reasonable share

The hunt has begun
It keeps us up, Lord, Your salvation**
(x2)

We call upon your wolves
And call upon your spear
We call upon all twelves
From heaven to us here.
(repeating)


*I think this is a better translation for "verfallen" in this context
**I know "heil" is difficult to translate but I would say salvation works here



Now I do not claim this to be "better" than yours, just a different approach. Maybe you can combine the two versions or post them together or whatever. What you like. ;)