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Das Köhlerweib ist trunken Und singt im Wald; Hört, wie die Stimme gellend Im Grünen hallt! Sie war die schönste Blume, Berühmt im Land; Es warben Reich' und Arme Um ihre Hand. Sie trat in Gürtelketten So stolz einher; Den Bräutigam zu wählen, Fiel ihr zu schwer. Da hat sie überlistet Der rote Wein - Wie müssen alle Dinge Vergänglich sein! Das Köhlerweib ist trunken Und singt im Wald; Wie durch die Dämmrung gellend Ihr Lied erschallt!
Authorship
- by Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890), "Das Köhlerweib ist trunken", appears in Neuere Gedichte, in Vermischte Gedichte, in Alte Weisen, no. 9 [author's text not yet checked 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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Das Köhlerweib ist trunken", 2013 [medium voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Richard Schweizer (1868 - 1906), "Das Köhlerweib ist trunken", op. 22 no. 10, from Alte Weisen, no. 10 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Das Köhlerweib ist trunken", op. 16 no. 3 (1891), published 1893 [medium voice and piano], from [Sieben] Gedichte von Gottfried Keller für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Leipzig, C. F. Leede [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Ernest Vietor (flourished 1905-1930), "Das Köhlerweib ist trunken", op. 15 no. 1 (1936) [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Das Köhlerweib ist trunken", 1890 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The charwoman is drunk", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La femme du charbonnier est ivre", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- TUR Turkish (Türkçe) (Gül Sabar) , "Kömürcünün karisi sarhoş", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 77
The charwoman is drunk and singing in the forest; do you hear how her voice ringing out echoes in the countryside! She was the loveliest flower, famous in the land; Rich and poor alike came courting for her hand. She walked with a chatelaine, so proudly around; but to select a groom was too difficult for her. Then she was tricked by red wine - how fleeting all things must be! The charwoman is drunk and singing in the forest; How resoundingly through the twilight does her song echo!
Authorship
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890), "Das Köhlerweib ist trunken", appears in Neuere Gedichte, in Vermischte Gedichte, in Alte Weisen, no. 9
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 90