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Bald fahren in den Berg wir ein, Zu machen unsre Schicht, Vertauschend mit dem Sonnenschein Das schwache Grubenlicht. D'rum reicht noch einmal euch die Hand, Im hellen Sonnenstrahl. Leicht, daß ihr, schon am Grabesrand, Sie drückt zum letztenmal. Doch zag' darob kein Bergmannsherz, Was Gott auch hat verhängt, Nur wo im Anbruch steht das Erz D'rauf sei der Sinn gelenkt. Weithin erkling' so Schacht als Kluft Von unsrer Fäustel Schlag, Bis wieder uns das Glöcklein ruft Zu fahren über Tag. Doch käme einer nach der Schicht Nicht mehr mit uns herauf, So ruft ihm noch, weil's Bruderpflicht, Zum Abschied ein "Glückauf!"
Confirmed with Aus der Teufe. Bergmännische Dichtungen von Dr. Johann Nep. Vogl, zweite vermehrte Auflage, Wien: Verlag von Carl Gerold's Sohn, 1856, page 11
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Nepomuk Vogl (1802 - 1866), "Vor der Einfahrt", appears in Aus der Teufe. Bergmännische Dichtungen [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 Joseph Ferdinand Kloss (1807 - 1883), "Vor der Einfahrt" [TTBB chorus a cappella] [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Before the descent", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2016-03-30
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Word count: 101
Soon we shall descend into the mountain To work our shift, Trading for sunlight The weak light of the pit. Therefore give each other your hand once more In the bright sunshine. It could well be that already at the rim of the grave You press this hand for the last time. But no miner’s heart should grow faint at that, No matter what God has determined for one, One’s mind should be turned Only to where the vein of ore begins. May shaft and chasm widely resound With the blows of our sledgehammers, Until the little bell again calls us To travel up toward daylight. But if there were one who after the shift No longer ascended with us, Call to him yet, because it is your brotherly duty, A “Good luck!” in farewell.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Nepomuk Vogl (1802 - 1866), "Vor der Einfahrt", appears in Aus der Teufe. Bergmännische Dichtungen
This text was added to the website: 2016-03-30
Line count: 20
Word count: 135