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Schlosser auf, und mache Schlösser

by Johannes Brahms From Liebeslieder-Walzer (1869) Op. 52

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Schlosser auf, und mache Schlösser
German source: Georg Friedrich Daumer

Schloßer auf, und mache Schlößer,
Schlößer ohne Zahl!
Denn die bösen Mäuler will ich
Schließen allzumal.

Locksmith, come, make me padlocks
English translation © Richard Stokes

Locksmith, come, make me padlocks,
padlocks without number!
So that once and for all I can shut
their malicious mouths.

Translations by Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)

Schlosser auf, und mache Schlösser
German source: Georg Friedrich Daumer

Locksmith, come, make me padlocks
English source: Richard Stokes

Schloßer auf, und mache Schlößer,
Locksmith, come, make me padlocks,
Schlößer ohne Zahl!
padlocks without number!
Denn die bösen Mäuler will ich
So that once and for all I can shut
Schließen allzumal.
their malicious mouths.

Composer

Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms (7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna.  Brahms has been considered, by his…

Poet

Georg Friedrich Daumer

Georg Friedrich Daumer was a German poet and philosopher.

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