Knecht Ruprecht | A fora fa un fred que pela

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by Martin Boelitz (1874 - 1918)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Knecht Ruprecht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT

Draußen weht es bitterkalt,
Wer kommt da durch den Winterwald?
  Stipp - stapp, stipp - stapp und huckepack - 
  Knecht Ruprecht ist's mit seinem Sack. 
Was ist denn in dem Sacke drin? 
Äpfel, Mandeln und Rosin' 
  Und [schöne]¹ Zuckerrosen, 
Auch [Pfeffernüss']² für's gute Kind 
Die andern, die nicht artig sind, 
  [Die]³ klopft er auf die Hosen.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• M. Reger

View original text (without footnotes)
¹ Reger: "süße"
² Reger: "Pfeffermünz"
³ omitted by Reger.

Text Authorship:

by Martin Boelitz (1874 - 1918), "Knecht Ruprecht" [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 Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Knecht Ruprecht", op. 76 (Schlichte Weisen) no. 50 (1909-10) [ medium voice and piano ], Band 5, "Aus der Kinderwelt" [sung text checked 1 time]
by Clara Röhmeyer , "Knecht Ruprecht" [ voice and piano ], Pforzheim i/B. : Theodor Röhmeyer [sung text not yet checked]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Knecht Ruprecht", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2008-06-27
Line count: 10
Word count: 56

Knecht Ruprecht

Language: Catalan (Català) after the German (Deutsch)

A fora fa un fred que pela,
qui arriba per el bosc hivernal?
Tris-tras, tris-tras i fardell a l’esquena.
És el Knecht Ruprecht amb el seu sac.
Què hi ha a dins del sac?
Pomes, ametlles i panses
i dolces roses de sucre,
també hi ha menta per als bons infants,
als altres, als que no s’han portat bé,
els dóna un cop als pantalons.

Note for line 4: A Alemanya el Knecht Ruprecht és l’ajudant de Sant Nicolau (el Pare Noel) i és qui porta els regals per als infants.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2023 by Salvador Pila, (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 Martin Boelitz (1874 - 1918), "Knecht Ruprecht"
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This text was added to the website: 2023-09-24
Line count: 10
Word count: 65