Song of the Blacksmith | Near the Jordan is the house of a blacksmith

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by Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974)

Translation © by Faith J. Cormier

Chant de Forgeron

Language: French (Français) after the Hebrew (עברית)

Our translations: ENG

Près du Joudain il y a une maison de forgeron, 
Un forgeron alerte comme un cavalier 
y fait sa besogne. 
Et en soufflant il y attise la flame, 
souffle, souffle, cela entretient 
la flamme, le feu éternel qui brûle dessous. 
Que fais-tu là ô forgeron? 
Je suis en train de préparer 
le fer pour le cheval du Messie.

Text Authorship:

by Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974)

Based on:

a text in Hebrew (עברית) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974), "Chant de Forgeron", op. 34 no. 7 (1916), published 1920 [ medium voice and piano ], from Poèmes Juifs, no. 7, Paris, Éd. Demets (Max Eschig) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Song of the Blacksmith", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 58

Song of the Blacksmith

Language: English after the French (Français)

 Near the Jordan is the house of a blacksmith. 
 A smithy, alert as a horseman,
 labors there. 
 He blows on the fire, 
 blows, blows, to maintain 
 the eternal flame burning below. 
 What are you doing, oh blacksmith? 
 I am making shoes 
 for the Messiah's horse.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974)
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Based on:

a text in Hebrew (עברית) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 46