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by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Der Schmied

(Sung text for setting by B. Randhartinger)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA SPA

Ich hör' meinen Schatz,
Den Hammer er schwinget,
Das rauschet, das klinget,
Das dringt in die Weite,
Wie Glockengeläute,
Durch Gassen und Platz.

Am schwarzen Kamin,
Da stehet mein Lieber,
Da geh' ich vorüber,
Die Bälge dann sausen,
Die Flammen aufbrausen
Und lodern um ihn.

Confirmed with: Uhlands Werke in drei Teilen, Erster Teil. Gedichte, herausgegeben von Adalbert Silbermann, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., [no year given], page 37.

Composition:

Benedikt Randhartinger

Text Authorship:

by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Der Schmied", written 1809, appears in Lieder

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "I hear my sweetheart", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le forgeron", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Ascolto il mio tesoro", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfonso Sebastián) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 47

I hear my sweetheart

(Sung text translation for setting by B. Randhartinger)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I hear my sweetheart -
The hammer he swings -
The rustling, the clinking,
Comes to me from afar,
Like the sound of bells,
Through streets and squares.

By the black fireplace
There my lover sits;
But if I pass by,
The bellows then whistle,
And the flames roar
And glow around him.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 51