Der Schmerz ist ein Schmied, [Sein]1 Hammer ist hart, Von fliegenden Flammen Ist heiß sein Heerd; Seinen Blasebalg bläht Ein stoßender Sturm Von wilden Gewalten. Er hämmert die Herzen Und schweißt sie mit schweren Und harten Hieben Zu festem Gefüge. Gut, gut schmiedet der Schmerz. Kein Sturm zerstört, Kein Frost zerfrißt, Kein Rost zerreißt, Was der Schmerz geschmiedet.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Otto Julius Bierbaum Irrgarten der Liebe. Verliebte, launenhafte und moralische Lieder, Gedichte und Sprüche aus den Jahren 1885 bis 1900, erstes bis fuenftes Tausend, Berlin und Leipzig: Im Verlage der Insel bei Schuster und Loeffler, 1901, page 312.
1 von Horst: "Und sein"Text Authorship:
- by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910), "Schmied Schmerz", appears in Irrgarten der Liebe. Verliebte, launenhafte und moralische Lieder, Gedichte und Sprüche aus den Jahren 1885 bis 1900, in Gedichte, in In Gleichnissen [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 Henriëtte Bosmans (1895 - 1952), "Schmied Schmerz", 1986 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Schmied Schmerz", op. 54 (Sechs Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ottmar Gerster (1897 - 1969), "Schmied Schmerz", published 1943 [ male voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder, no. 4, Schott (Mainz) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carita von Horst (1864 - 1935), "Schmied Schmerz", published 1919 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 6, Berlin: Ed. Bote & G. Bock, also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Schmied Schmerz", op. 51 (Zwölf Lieder) no. 6 (1900), published 1901 [ high voice and piano ], München, Aibl Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Emil Nikolaus von Rezniček (1860 - 1945), "Schmied Schmerz" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Philippine Schick (1893 - 1970), "Schmied Schmerz", op. 5 (Drei Lieder) no. 2 (c1921) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Margarete Schweikert (1887 - 1957), "Der Schmerz ist ein Schmied", 1920? [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Sinding (1856 - 1941), "Schmied Schmerz", op. 57 no. 11, published 1903 [ voice and piano ], from Nemt, frouwe, disen kranz und andere Gedichte von Otto Julius Bierbaum, no. 11, Copenhagen: Wilhelm Hansen [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Edmund von Strauß (1869 - 1919), "Schmied Schmerz" [ high voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Weigl (1881 - 1949), "Schmied Schmerz", op. 1 (Sieben Gesänge) no. 7, also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Luise Haessler (1866 - ?) ; composed by Karl Weigl.
- Also set in English, a translation by Jethro Bithell (1878 - 1962) , "Blacksmith Pain" ; composed by Richard Stöhr.
- Also set in English, a translation by Hilda von Siller (1861 - 1945) , "Forge Pain" ; composed by Carita von Horst.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Peter Donderwinkel , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Pain is a blacksmith, Hard is his hammer; With flying flames His hearth is hot; A straining storm Of forces ferocious Blows his bellows. He hammers hearts And tinkers them, With blows tremendous, Till hard they hold. — Well, well forges Pain. — No storm destroys, No frost consumes, No rust corrodes, What pain has forged.
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Text Authorship:
- by Jethro Bithell (1878 - 1962), "Blacksmith Pain" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910), "Schmied Schmerz", appears in Irrgarten der Liebe. Verliebte, launenhafte und moralische Lieder, Gedichte und Sprüche aus den Jahren 1885 bis 1900, in Gedichte, in In Gleichnissen
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Richard Stöhr (1874 - 1967), "Blacksmith Pain", op. 96 (10 Songs) no. 8 (1943) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2021-05-29
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Word count: 56