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Da waren zwei Kinder, jung und gut, aber ihr Blut floß [gar]1 schnelle. Sie lachten sich zu, da warf ihre Ruh' die erste harmlose Welle. Doch jeden Tag warf sie eine mehr, bis gar wild hin und her Wogen wallten. Da ging es zum Sterben, gradaus ins Verderben -- sie konnten ihr Herz nicht halten.
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Christian Morgenstern, Werke und Briefe Kommentierte Ausgabe, Band 1 Lyrik 1887-1905, herausgegeben von Martin Kießig, Stuttgart: Urachhaus, 1988, pages 320-321
1 Zemlinsky: "gar zu"Text Authorship:
- by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Volksweise", appears in Ein Sommer, Verse [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 Siegfried Fournes (1896 - 1932), "Volksweise", copyright © 1978 [ voice and piano ], from Gesamtausgabe der Lieder von Siegfried Fournes, no. 36, Steinkirchen : G. Fournes [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Da waren zwei Kinder", op. 7 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1 (1900?) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 55
There were two children, young and good, but their blood flowed [very]1 quickly. They smiled at each other, at which their peace was troubled by the first, harmless wave. Yet every day another came, until wildly back and forth waves surged. Thereupon it came to dying, straight into doom -- they could not contain their hearts.
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View text without footnotesTranslations of title(s):
"Volksweise" = "Folksong"
"Da waren zwei Kinder" = "There were two children"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Volksweise", appears in Ein Sommer, Verse
This text was added to the website: 2017-10-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 56