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Wo solch ein Feuer noch gedeiht, Und solch ein Wein noch Flammen speit, Da lassen wir in Ewigkeit Uns nimmermehr vertreiben. Stoßt an! stoßt an! der Rhein, Und wär's nur um den Wein, Der Rhein soll deutsch verbleiben. Herab die Büchsen von der Wand, Die alten Schläger in die Hand, Sobald der Feind dem [wälschen]1 Land Den Rhein will einverleiben! Haut, Brüder, mutig d'rein! Der alte Vater Rhein, Der Rhein soll deutsch verbleiben. Das Recht' und Link', das Link' und Recht', Wie klingt es falsch, wie klingt es schlecht! Kein Tropfen soll, ein feiger Knecht, Des [Franzmann's]2 Mühle treiben. Stoßt an! stoßt an! der Rhein, Und wär's nur um den Wein, Der Rhein soll deutsch verbleiben. Der ist sein Rebenblut nicht wert, Das deutsche Weib, den deutschen Herd, Der nicht auch freudig schwingt sein Schwert, Die Feinde aufzureiben. Frisch in die Schlacht hinein! Hinein für unsern Rhein! Der Rhein soll deutsch verbleiben. O edler Saft, o lauter Gold, Du bist kein ekler [Sklavensold]3! Und wenn ihr Franken kommen wollt, So laßt vorher euch schreiben: [Hurrah! hurrah!]4 der Rhein, Und wär's nur um den Wein, Der Rhein soll deutsch verbleiben.
Confirmed with Meyer’s Groschen-Bibliothek von Deutschen Classiker für alle Stände, Hundertsiebenundneunzigstes Bändchen, Anthologie aus den Gedichten von Georg Herwegh, Hildburghausen: Druck vom Bibliographischen Institut; New York: Hermann J. Meyes, [no year], pages 11-12.
1 Fassbaender: "welschen"2 Fassbaender: "Franzmanns"
3 Fassbaender: "Sclavensold"
4 Fassbaender: "Hurra! Hurra!"
Text Authorship:
- by Georg Herwegh (1817 - 1875), "Rheinweinlied", subtitle: "Oktober 1840" [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 Moritz Ernemann (1800 - 1866), "Rheinweinlied", op. 16 (Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Männergesang) no. 1, published 1844 [ TTBB quartet ], Breslau, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Fassbaender (1869 - 1920), "Rheinweinlied", published 1903 [ voice and piano ], in the collection Im Volkston II. Sammlung: moderne Preislieder komponiert für Die Woche, Druck und Verlag von August Scherl G.m.b.H. Berlin [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Rheinweinlied", op. 32 (Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 1, published 1859 [ four-part men's chorus ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Hermes (1818 - 1905), "Rheinweinlied", op. 54 (Drei Männerchöre) no. 2 [ men's chorus ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Theobald Petschke (1806 - 1888), "Rheinweinlied", op. 12 (Sechs Lieder und Gesänge für vierstimmige Männerchor) no. 2, published <<1902 [ four-part men's chorus ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Simon Anton Zimmermann (1807 - 1876), "Rheinweinlied", op. 35 (Drei Gesänge für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 3, published 1845 [ four-part men's chorus ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Song of the Rhine-wine", subtitle: "(October 1840)", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-06-11
Line count: 35
Word count: 193
Where such a fire still prospers, And such a wine still emits flames, There, in all eternity, we Shall never let ourselves be ousted. Clink glasses! Clink glasses! the Rhine, And were it only for the sake of the wine, The Rhine must remain German. Take down the rifles from the wall, Take the old swords in your hands, As soon as the enemy wishes to annex The Rhine to the French lands! Whack at them courageously, brethren! Old Father Rhine, The Rhine must remain German. The right and the left, the left and right, How false it sounds, how bad it sounds! Not a drop shall, a craven servant, Drive the mill of a Frenchman! Clink glasses! Clink glasses! the Rhine, And were it only for the sake of the wine, The Rhine must remain German. He who does not joyfully wield his sword In order to grind the foe into the ground, Is not worthy of the blood of the vine, Of a German woman, of a German hearth. Briskly into battle! Into battle for our Rhine! The Rhine must remain German. Oh noble juice, oh pure gold, You are no disgusting pay of slaves! And when you French wish to advance, Then permit yourselves to be addressed thus beforehand: Hurray! Hurray! the Rhine, And were it only for the sake of the wine, The Rhine must remain German.
Subtitle: "(October 1840)"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Herwegh (1817 - 1875), "Rheinweinlied", subtitle: "Oktober 1840"
This text was added to the website: 2021-06-24
Line count: 35
Word count: 236