“Das Lied von der Glocke” (The Song Of The Bell) by Friedrich Schiller is a massive romantic poem describing the casting of a church bell as a heroic act and achievement of a god-fearing hard-working people. German teachers have made their students memorize and recite it for generations.
Here it is, along with its English translation: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/das-lied-von-der-glocke-song-bell.html
This isn’t my favorite poem. My favorite poem is the abbreviated version:
Loch in Boden
Bronze rin
Glocke fertig
Bim bim bim
(Dig a hole
Put bronze in
Bell finished
Ding dong ding)
“Das Lied von der Glocke” (The Song Of The Bell) by Friedrich Schiller is a massive romantic poem describing the casting of a church bell as a heroic act and achievement of a god-fearing hard-working people. German teachers have made their students memorize and recite it for generations.
Here it is, along with its English translation:
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/das-lied-von-der-glocke-song-bell.html
This isn’t my favorite poem. My favorite poem is the abbreviated version:
Loch in Boden
Bronze rin
Glocke fertig
Bim bim bim
(Dig a hole
Put bronze in
Bell finished
Ding dong ding)