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by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858)
Translation © by Salvador Pila

Zahnweh
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Scottish (Scots) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG
  Wie du mit giftgem Stachel fast
Die Kiefern mir zerrissen hast!
Mein Ohr durchdröhnet ohne Rast
     Dein Marterstich;
Du bist der Nerven Pein und Last:
     Fluch über dich!

  Stellt Fiebers Glut und Frost sich ein,
[Zwickt Kolik, reißt's]1 in Mark und Bein,
Mitleid und Trost wird uns verleihn
     Des Nachbar's Herz;
Du aber fügst zu Höllenpein
     Noch Spottes Schmerz!

  Mir [träufelt Speichel]2 über's Kinn;
Die Sessel schleudr' ich her und hin;
Um's Feuer tanzt mit lustgem Sinn
     Die kleine Brut,
Ein Schwarm von Hummeln -- ach, ich bin 
     Wahnsinn und Wuth!

  Von allen Plagen auf der Welt,
[Mißrathenen Ernten]3, wenig Geld,
Der Schurken Zunft, die Netze stellt
     Mit List und Fleiß,
Und dem, was Freud' uns sonst vergällt:
     Trägst du den Preis!

  Aus jenem Pfuhl, der Hölle heißt,
Wo der Verzweiflung Jammer kreißt,
Und jede Furie Satan preis't,
     Zahnweh, fürwahr!
Bist du der größte Plagegeist
     Der ganzen Schaar.

  O Schwefelhaupt im Glutpalast,
Der du die Qual geboren hast,
Und willst, daß Nebel und Morast
     Auf [heitrer Bahn]4 weh';
Gieb Jedem, der Alt-Schottland haßt,
     Ein Jahr [lang Zahnweh]5!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   R. Schumann 

R. Schumann sets stanzas 1-4, 6

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Confirmed with Robert Burns’ Gedichte, deutsch von W. Gerhard, Leipzig: Verlag von Joh. Ambr. Barth., 1840, pages 32-33

1 Schumann: "Zwickt's hier und dort"
2 Schumann: "rieselt's eiskalt"
3 Schumann: "Missrathner Erndte"
4 Schumann: "Erden"
5 Schumann: "dein Weh"

Text Authorship:

  • by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858), "Zahnweh" [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Address To The Toothache"
    • Go to the text page.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Zahnweh", op. 55 no. 2 (1846), published 1847, stanzas 1-4,6 [ SATB chorus ], from Fünf Lieder nach Robert Burns für gemischten Chor, no. 2, Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Mal de queixal", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Tandpijn", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Toothache", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Dr. Gerrit den Hartogh , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2004-06-29
Line count: 36
Word count: 183

Mal de queixal
Language: Catalan (Català)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Com, amb un metzinós agulló,
m’has gairebé esquinçat les barres!
La meva orella retruny sense parar
de la teva fiblada martiritzant;
tu ets el turment i el llast dels meus nervis;
et maleeixo!

Quan apareixen els ardors i els calfreds de la febre,
el còlic turmenta, i el reuma arriba al moll dels ossos,
compassió i conhort ens atorga
el cor del veí;
en aquest mal però, al dolor infernal, s’hi afegeix
encara la pena de la mofa!

La saliva em degota pel mentó,
llenço les cadires d’aquí cap allà;
al voltant del foc, amb alegre esperit,
dansen les criatures,
un eixam de borinots – ai, sóc tot
bogeria i fúria!

Entre tots els flagells d’aquest món,
collites malmeses, manca de diners,
tota la banda de brivalls que paren la xarxa
amb astúcia i diligència,
i d’entre tot el que amarga la nostra gaubança,
tu t’emportes el primer premi!

En aquell clot que s’anomena infern,
on hi circulen els gemecs de la desesperació,
i totes les fúries lloen Satanàs,
tu, mal de queixal, en veritat,
ets la calamitat més gran
de tota la colla.

Oh, cabdill de brivalls al palau fulgurant,
que has parit el turment,
i vols que la boira i el fang
s’escampin als camins jolius;
a tots els que odien la vella Escòcia,
dóna’ls-hi un any sencer de mal de queixal.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2020 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858), "Zahnweh"
    • Go to the text page.

Based on:

  • a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Address To The Toothache"
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website: 2020-05-30
Line count: 36
Word count: 224

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