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Dem Kellner: Setze mir nicht, du Grobian, Mir den Krug so derb vor die Nase! Wer [mir]1 Wein bringt, sehe mich freundlich an, Sonst trübt sich der Eilfer im Glase. Dem Schenken: Du [zierlicher Knabe]2, du komm herein, Was stehst du [denn]1 da auf der Schwelle? Du sollst mir künftig der Schenke sein, Jeder Wein ist [schmackhaft]3 und helle.
C. Fussell sets stanza 2
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Goethe's sämmtliche Werke in vierzig Bänden, Vollständige, neugeordnete Ausgabe, Vierter Band, Stuttgart und Augsburg, J. G. Cotta'scher Verlag, 1856, page 116.
Note: the word "Eilfer" (line 1-4) is not a typo for "Elfer" as some CD booklets might lead one to believe. Cf. Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob Grimm und Wilhelm Grimm: "Eilfer"1 omitted by Mendelssohn.
2 Mendelssohn: "zierliches Mädchen" ; Schumann: "lieblicher Knabe"
3 Mendelssohn: "dann schmackhaft"
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, written 1815, appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 9. Das Schenkenbuch -- Saki Nameh [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 Charles Clement Fussell (b. 1938), "Du zierlicher Knabe", 1988, rev. 1998, stanza 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Türckisches Schenkenlied", op. 50 (Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 1 (1838), published 1840 [ four-part men's chorus ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 2 times]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Setze mir nicht, du Grobian", op. 25 no. 6 (1840), published 1840 [ voice and piano ], from Myrten, no. 6, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Marta Garcia Cadena) , "No m'empenyis a terra, tu groller", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Don't throw it down, you boor", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Butor, ne me mets pas le pichet", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Non mi sbattere così, villano", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Emilia Maxim
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 64
Al cambrer: No m'empenyis a terra, tu groller Posant-me el càntir vulgarment davant el nas! El qui em porta vi, que em miri amicalment; Si no el vi s'entela en el got. Al noi de la tasca: Tu tendre noi, vine - Per què t'estàs al llindar? Tu hauries de ser el meu cambrer d'ara en endavant, Cada vi és gustós i brillant.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2011 by Marta Garcia Cadena, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, written 1815, appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 9. Das Schenkenbuch -- Saki Nameh
This text was added to the website: 2011-09-27
Line count: 10
Word count: 62