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Thüringens Wälder senden Den Weidmann und den Schmied, Brauthuldigung zu spenden Mit Gaben und mit Lied. (zur Braut:)1 Vor hohem Frauenbilde So tugendlicher Art Singt Ruhlas Grobschmied milde: "Jung Landgraf [werde]2 zart!" (zum Erbgroßherzog:)1 Doch will's im Westen dämmern Und streicht ein Feind den Bart, Herr Major, dann wollen wir hämmern: "Jung Landgraf, werdet hart!"
Confirmed with "Der Brautwillkomm auf Wartburg", Fünf Dichtungen von Joseph Viktor von Scheffel, Stuttgart: Verlag von Adolf Bonz & Comp., 1887, pages 33-34. Under the poem are the following words: "(Sie bringen als Vertreter des Thüringer Waldes Huldigungsgaben der Ruhlaer Industrie dar.)", which can be translated "(As representatives of the Forest of Thuringia they offer up gifts of homage from the industry of Ruhla.)"
1 omitted by Liszt.2 Liszt: "werdet"
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Viktor von Scheffel (1826 - 1886), "Biterolf und der Schmied von Ruhla", appears in Der Brautwillkomm auf Wartburg: lyrisches Festspiel von Joseph Viktor von Scheffel [author's text checked 2 times 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 Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "[V]. Biterolf und der Schmied von Ruhla", S. 345 no. 6 (1872) [ baritone and piano ], from Wartburglieder, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Biterolf and the Blacksmith of Ruhla", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2011-04-12
Line count: 14
Word count: 58
Thuringia's forests send The huntsman and the blacksmith, To bring adulation to the bride With gifts and with song. (to the bride:) Before a lofty image of a woman Of such a virtuous nature Gently sings the coarse blacksmith of Ruhla: "Young landgrave, become amorous!" (to the Archduke:) But if certain signs arise in the west And if the enemy strokes his beard, Lord Major, then we shall hammer out: "Young landgrave, steel yourself [for battle]!"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2011 by Sharon Krebs, (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 Joseph Viktor von Scheffel (1826 - 1886), "Biterolf und der Schmied von Ruhla", appears in Der Brautwillkomm auf Wartburg: lyrisches Festspiel von Joseph Viktor von Scheffel
This text was added to the website: 2011-04-12
Line count: 14
Word count: 76