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by Justus Friedrich Reinhard Spitzner (1863 - 1922), as Reinhard Volker

Vor der Schmiede
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Schmied, lieber Schmied, schließ' auf Deine Thüre,
Rühre die Bälge, den Feuerbrand schüre!
Rücke das Eisen recht unter die Glut,
Schmiede mir's fest, und niete mir's gut! --
 
"Mädel, jung Mädel, so bleich deine Wange? --
Möchtest ein Kettchen? Begehrst eine Spange?
Willst einen Schlüssel für Keller und Kammer?
Feuerbrand schür' ich und schwinge den Hammer!" --
 
Schmied, lieber Schmied, ich bitte Dich sehr,
Schmied' einen Reifen um's Herz mir her,
Rühre und schüre und schwinge den Hammer,
Daß es nicht springe vor Wehe und Jammer!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   B. Bock •   R. Cahn-Speyer 

R. Cahn-Speyer sets stanzas 1, 3

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Confirmed with Fliegende Blätter, 113. Band (1900), Nro. 2866, page 1.


Text Authorship:

  • by Justus Friedrich Reinhard Spitzner (1863 - 1922), as Reinhard Volker, "Vor der Schmiede" [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 Berta Bock (1857 - 1945), "Vor der Schmiede", op. 7 (Vier Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Klavier) no. 1, published c1910 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Fritz Schuberth jr.; also in the collection Lieder siebenbürgischer Komponisten, Book I [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Rudolf S. Cahn-Speyer (1881 - 1940), "Vor der Schmiede", op. 5 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4, published 1912, stanzas 1,3 [ voice and piano ], Cöln am Rhein: Verlag Tischer & Jagenberg [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "In front of the smithy", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-06-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 86

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