by
Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890)
Das Köhlerweib ist trunken
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: CAT ENG FRE TUR
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!
Text Authorship:
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]
- by Richard Schweizer (1868 - 1906), "Das Köhlerweib ist trunken", op. 22 no. 10, from Alte Weisen, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
- 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]
- by Ernest Vietor (flourished 1905-1930), "Das Köhlerweib ist trunken", op. 15 no. 1 (1936) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Das Köhlerweib ist trunken", 1890 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La dona del carboner està trompa", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- 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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Word count: 76
The charwoman is drunk
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
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!
Text Authorship:
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Line count: 20
Word count: 89