Die Korfsche Uhr

Korf erfindet eine Uhr,
die mit zwei Paar Zeigern kreist,
und damit nach vorn nicht nur,
sondern auch nach rückwärts weist.

Zeigt sie zwei, - somit auch zehn;
zeigt sie drei, - somit auch neun;
und man braucht nur hinzusehn,
um die Zeit nicht mehr zu scheun.

Denn auf dieser Uhr von Korfen,
mit dem janushaften Lauf,
(dazu ward sie so entworfen):
hebt die Zeit sich selber auf.

Translation(s): ENG FRE

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Authorship

• by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Die Korfsche Uhr" [ 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 Miriam Gideon (1906 - 1996), "Die Korfsche Uhr", 1966 [medium voice, clarinet, marimba, violoncello], from Rhymes from the Hill, no. 3. [
   text not verified 
  ]
• by Rudolf Jaggi (b. 1940), "Die Korfsche Uhr", 2000 [chorus a cappella], from Zwei Uhren, no. 1. [
   text not verified 
  ]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "La montre korfienne", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Korf's clock", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2004-11-30.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:10
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Korf's clock

Korf invented a clock
that has two circling pairs of hands,
and points with them not only forwards
but also backwards.

If it indicates two, - then also ten;
if it indicates three, - then also nine;
and one only has to look at it
in order never again to be fearful of time.

For upon this clock of Korf's,
with its Janus-like movement,
(and for this it was invented):
Time negates itself.

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Die Korfsche Uhr" FRE
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Miriam Gideon, Rudolf Jaggi. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2013-11-18.
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