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Laß dir deinen Pelzrock fegen Von dem garstig kalten Schnee; Märzenwind und Märzenregen, Kommt heran für Schnee und Weh! Lang hängt dir der Eisbart nieder, Gräulichalter Winter du! Zeit zum Schneiden ist es wieder, Ei, er hängt ja bis zum Schuh'! "Ach, wer schlägt mich, warte!" knurrend Dreht der Winter sich herum, Doch vom Spinnrad surrend, schnurrend Ward der Kopf ihm gar zu dumm. Mit der Rose, leise, lose Schlägt der Frühling lachend ihn; Und vor Veilchen und vor Rose Muß er schnellen Laufes flieh'n. Kinder lachen, Alte lachen, Voller Lust und Jugendscherz -- Wer noch weint, soll eilig machen, Denn sonst lacht sogar der Schmerz.
Confirmed with Franz Alfred Muth, Waldblumen, Dritte, durchaus ausgewählte und reich veremehrte Auflage, Paderborn: Druck und Verlag von Ferdinand Schöningh, 1885, pages 12-13.
Authorship
- by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), "Herr Winter", appears in Waldblumen, appears in Haideröslein ; Ein Liederstrauß, in 1. Naturklänge [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 (Carl or Caspar) Joseph Brambach (1833 - 1902), "Herr Winter", op. 58 (Zwölf zweistimmige Lieder für Sopran und Alt (Chor- oder Solostimmen) mit Pianoforte) no. 11, published 1886 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto or SA chorus with piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Sir Winter", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2020-11-06
Line count: 20
Word count: 106
Let your fur coat be brushed [Free of] the nasty cold snow; March wind and March rain, Approach in lieu of snow and woe! Your beard of ice hangs down low and long, You ghastly old winter, you! Once more it is time for a trim, Lo, [your beard] hangs down to your shoe! Growling, "Ah, who is beating me, just wait!" Winter turns around, But from the whirring, purring of the spinning wheel His head was all too befuddled. With a rose, gently, lightly Spring is laughingly beating him; And confronted with violets and roses He must flee, running swiftly. Children are laughing, old folks are laughing Full of joy and the jests of youth -- Whoever is still weeping, should make haste, For otherwise even pain shall laugh.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), "Herr Winter", appears in Waldblumen, appears in Haideröslein ; Ein Liederstrauß, in 1. Naturklänge
This text was added to the website: 2020-11-15
Line count: 20
Word count: 130