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by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856)

Der Geiger
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
  Das ist der alte Geigersmann, 
Hat seine Geige so lieb; 
Und spielt er seine Geige an,
[Da]1 wird das Auge mir trüb.

  Er spielt auch immer nur Eine Weis',
Im Dunkeln spielt er sie;
Sie geht so sanft, so todtenleis,
Zu Ende bringt er sie nie.

  Es ist, als wenn verlischt ein Licht, 
Windstill, auf heil'gem Schrein, 
Als wenn ein sterbend Auge bricht 
Lächelnd in himmlischem Schein. 

  Ach, guter Geiger, daß du doch 
Das [End']2 kannst finden nicht! 
Es bleibt wohl aufgespart dir noch 
[Da droben im ewigen]3 Licht. 

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   G. Jenner 

View original text (without footnotes)

Confirmed with C. Reinhold, Gedichte, Stuttgart: Carl Mäcken, 1853, page 114.

1 Jenner: "So"
2 Jenner: "Ende"
3 Jenner: "Droben im himmlischen"

Text Authorship:

  • by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856), "Der Geiger", appears in Gedichte, in Lebensbilder, Romanzen und Balladen [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  • by Gustav Jenner (1865 - 1920), "Der Geiger", 1903 [ voice, violin, piano ], unpublished; manuscript at the Hessisches Musikarchiv [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The fiddler", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2024-04-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 93

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