Younger Hildebrand's song
The Younger Hildebrand's Song , which has been handed down in several versions from the 15th to 17th centuries, like the older Hildebrand's song , depicts the fight between Hildebrand , the armorer of Dietrichs von Bern , and his son Hadubrand . It is composed in stanzas of four lines in pairs with a middle caesura , the so-called Hildebrand's tone . The melody of the Hildebrandstone has been handed down.
The father wins, but the song does not end with the death of the son, but with early recognition and a happy reunion between Hildebrand and his wife.
The newer version has a final stanza with a typical recognition mark ( Gnorisma ):
- "Oh mother, dear mother my,
- now beut in breeding and he! "
- Thou picked it up and poured it
- and brought ims here himself;
- What is he on his mouth?
- A finger of gold
- He let it sink into the cup
- to be the favorite Frawen.