Moderne Romantik

I
Am Kirchhof stehn drei Kreuze.
Des Posthorns Peitsche knallt.
Im Walde schrein drei Käuze.
O wie bald! O wie bald! O wie bald!

Verzeiht mir, wenn ich mich schneuze,
denk an den Kirchhof ich
und die Peitsch' und die Käuz' und die Kreuze
und den Wald und das Posthorn und mich.

II
Kecker Bursche zog ich aus,
Frühlingsstorm1 im jungen Schädel.
Nun ade, du Vaterhaus!
Heißa, blondes Mädel!

In die Welt zog Jahr um Jahr ...
Aus ist meine Rolle ...
Welkes Gartenlaub im Haar
sitz ich da und schmolle.

Translation(s): ENG

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Authorship

• by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Moderne Romantik" [ author's text checked 1 time]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Wolfgang Nening (b. 1966), "Moderne Romantik", 1984, first performed 1985 [medium voice and piano], from 3 Lieder nach Christian Morgenstern, no. 1. [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Modern romanticism", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2011-09-23.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:04:36
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Modern romanticism

I
In the churchyard stand three crosses,
The posthorn's whip cracks.
In the forest three owls scream.
Oh how soon! Oh how soon! Oh how soon!

Forgive me that I blow my nose
As I think of the churchyard
and the whip and owls and the crosses
and the forest and the posthorn and myself.

II
As a pert lad I went out [into the world],
My young skull full of the storms of spring.
Now adieu to you, my father's house!
Hey there, blonde maiden!

Into the world [I went] year after year . . .
My role has ended . . .
With withered leaves in my hair
I sit there and pout.

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Moderne Romantik"
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Wolfgang Nening. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2013-10-31.
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