In the smithy clangs the hammer

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by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

In der Schmiede dröhnt der Hammer

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE ITA

In der Schmiede dröhnt der Hammer
Und sie huscht am Tor vorüber.
Glührot schwingt der Knecht den Hammer
Und sie schaut wie tot hinüber.

Wie im Traum trifft sie ein Lachen;
Und sie taumelt in die Schmiede,
Scheu geduckt vor seinem Lachen,
Wie der Hammer hart und rüde.

Hell versprühn im Raum die Funken
Und mit hilfloser Geberde
Hascht sie nach den wilden Funken
Und sie stürzt betäubt zur Erde.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• P. Hindemith

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Text Authorship:

by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914), no title, appears in Gedichte 1909 -1913 , in Die junge Magd, no. 4 [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 Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "In der Schmiede dröhnt der Hammer", op. 23 no. 2d (1922) [ alto, flute, clarinet, string quartet ], from Die junge Magd, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Nella fucina batte squillante il martello", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2007-02-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 70

In the smithy clangs the hammer

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

In the smithy clangs the hammer 
and she scurries past the gateway. 
A youth swings the blazing hammer 
and she looks at him with dead eyes.
 
Dreamily she’s struck by laughter; 
and she reels into the smithy, 
shyly cringing from his laughter, 
Like the hammer hard and uncouth. 

Bright with fire the sparks are flying
and she, with a helpless gesture, 
tries to snatch the wild sparks flying 
and falls to the ground, unconscious.

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Translation of title "In der Schmiede dröhnt der Hammer" = "In the smithy clangs the hammer"

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Trakl (1887 - 1914), no title, appears in Gedichte 1909 -1913 , in Die junge Magd, no. 4
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This text was added to the website: 2016-12-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 74