by
Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)
Das süße Zeug ohne Saft und Kraft!
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
nach Durchlesung eines Manuskripts mit Gedichten
Das süße Zeug ohne Saft und Kraft!
Es hat mir all mein Gedärm erschlafft.
Es roch, ich will des Henkers sein,
Wie lauter welke Rosen und Kamilleblümelein.
Mir ward ganz übel, mauserig, dumm,
Ich sah mich schnell nach was Tüchtigem um,
Lief in den Garten hinterm Haus,
Zog einen herzhaften Rettich aus,
Fraß ihn auch auf bis auf den Schwanz,
Da ward ich wieder frisch und genesen ganz.
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Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Martin Herchenröder (b. 1961), "Restauration", 1989, first performed 1990, from Lieder nach Mörike-Gedichten, no. 5. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Restauration (Nach Durchlesung eines Manuskripts mit Gedichten)", op. 62 no. 32 (1948-9) [voice and piano], from Das holde Bescheiden: Lieder und Gesänge nach Gedichten von Eduard Mörike, no. 32, Wien: Universal Edition [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Palmer) , "Restorative", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2004-07-27
Line count: 11
Word count: 75
Restorative
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
after perusing a manuscript of poems
This mawkish stuff lacks pith and marrow!
It's turned my guts to pure marshmallow.
It had a whiff of something vile,
A faded rose, stale camomile.
I felt all queasy, faint, weak-kneed,
So searched for a tonic with all due speed,
And running to scour my vegetable plot,
Pulled up a radish, piping hot,
Wolfed it all down as far as the tail,
And then was I once more hearty and hale.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Restauration"
This text was added to the website: 2009-03-24
Line count: 11
Word count: 79