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by Wilhelm Busch (1832 - 1908)

Es stand vor eines Hauses Thor
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es stand vor [eines]1 Hauses Thor
  Ein Esel mit gespitztem Ohr,
  Der käute sich sein Bündel Heu
  Gedankenvoll und still entzwei. --
  Nun kommen da und bleiben stehn
  Der naseweisen Buben zween,
  Die auch sogleich, indem sie lachen,
  Verhasste Redensarten machen,
  [Womit man denn bezwecken wollte,]2
  Daß sich der Esel ärgern sollte. --
Doch dieser hocherfahrne Greis
  Beschrieb nur einen halben Kreis,
  Verhielt sich stumm und zeigte itzt
  Die Seite, wo der Wedel sitzt.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   E. Zeisl 

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Confirmed with Kritik des Herzens von Wilhelm Busch, Heidelberg, Verlag von Fr. Bassermann, 1874, page 30.

1 Zeisl: "seines"
2 omitted by Zeisl.

Text Authorship:

  • by Wilhelm Busch (1832 - 1908), no title, appears in Kritik des Herzens [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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

  • by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Ein Esel-lied", 2010 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Hans Gál (1890 - 1987), "Der Weise", op. 34 no. 2 (1929), published 1931 [ four-part men's chorus and piano ], from Drei Porträtstudien, no. 2, Deutscher Arbeiter-Sängerbund, Berlin [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ernst Toch (1887 - 1964), "Der Esel", op. 41 no. 9, published 1928 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Erich Zeisl (1905 - 1959), "Der Weise", 1931, published 1935 [ baritone and orchestra ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "Wilhelm Busch self-caricature", written 2010, copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2008-10-04
Line count: 14
Word count: 74

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