Zwei Gänse

Zur weißen Gans sprach einst vertraulich eine graue:
"Laß uns spazieren geh'n nach jener grünen Aue,
Dort tun wir beide uns im jungen Grase gütlich,
Denn in Gesellschaft [gackt es sich doch gar]1 gemütlich."

"Nein!" sprach die weiße Gans, "Da muß ich refusieren,
Mit meinesgleichen nur geh' ich am Tag spazieren;
Vertraulichkeit mit dir gereichte mir zur Schande,
Zwar bin ich eine Gans, doch eine Gans von Stande!"

Translation(s): FRE

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¹ Reger: "gackert es sich gar"

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Authorship

• by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896), "Zwei Gänse" [ author's text verified 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 Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Zwei Gänse", op. 55 (Fünfzehn Lieder) no. 8 (1901). [medium voice and piano] [
   text verified 1 time
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• by Felix Paul Weingartner (1863 - 1942), "Zwei Gänse", op. 19 no. 5 (1894), published 1896 [voice and piano], from Hilaria. Sechs heitere Lieder, no. 5, Berlin, Fürstner [
   text not verified 
  ]

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

• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Deux oies", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Deux oies

Une fois une oie blanche dit à une oie blanche tout bas :
« Allons marcher sur ces verts pâturages,
Là nous nous régalerons toutes les deux dans l'herbe jeune,
Parce que c'est bon de caqueter en compagnie. »

« Non » dit l'oie blanche, « Je dois refuser,
Le jour, je me promène seulement avec mes égales ;
Être intime avec toi me ferait honte,
Car bien que je sois une oie, je suis une oie d'un certain niveau ! »

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896), "Zwei Gänse"
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Max Reger, Felix Paul Weingartner. Go to the text.

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