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by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928), as Jucundus Fröhlich Klabund

Fünf Mark
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
In meiner Straße nachts steht eine
(Immer dieselbe) Lausekleine,
Und grüßt mich krächzend mit Geplärr:
Fünf Mark, mein Herr, fünf Mark, mein Herr.

Ich habe es mir mild verbeten,
Da ist sie näher nur getreten,
Ihr dürrer Leib schwoll schattengroß:
Fünf Mark ja bloß, fünf Mark ja bloß.

Grüß Gott –, der Leichenwagen rumpelt,
Ihr Schatz und eine Vettel humpelt
Stier gröhlend hinter ihrem Sarg:
Fünf Mark, mein Herr, mein Herr, fünf Mark.

Man schmiß sie in die Armenerde,
Ihr Schatz gab ihr als Reisezehrde
Zur Fahrt ins Dunkel in den Sarg:
Fünf Mark, mein Herr, mein Herr, fünf Mark,
Fünf funkelnagelneue Mark.

Text Authorship:

  • by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928), as Jucundus Fröhlich Klabund, "Fünf Mark" [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), "Fünf Mark", 2013 [ bass or baritone and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Béla Reinitz (1878 - 1943), "Fünf Mark", published 1926 [ voice and piano ], from Klabund-Lieder, no. 5, New York, Universal Editions [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Cinq marks", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2016-05-20
Line count: 17
Word count: 103

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