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by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)

Mit einem Teller wilder Kastanien
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Mir ein liebes Schaugerichte
Sind die unschmackhaften Früchte,
Zeigen mir die Prachtgehänge
Heimatlicher Schattengänge,
Da wir in den Knabenzeiten
Sie auf lange Schnüre reihten,
Um den ganzen Leib sie hingen
Und als wilde Menschen gingen,
Oder sie auch wohl im scharfen
Krieg uns an die Köpfe warfen. -
Trüg' ich, ach! nur eine Weile
Noch am Schädel solche Beule,
Aber mit der ganzen Wonne
Jener Ludwigsburger Sonne!

Confirmed with Eduard Mörike, Gedichte, Dramatisches, Erzählendes, Zweite, erweiterte Auflage, Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachf., 1961, pages 342-343.


Text Authorship:

  • by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Mit einem Teller wilder Kastanien" [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 Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Mit einem Teller wilder Kastanien", 2003/4, published 2014, first performed 2004 [ tenor and piano ], from Mörike-Lieder für Tenor und Klavier, no. 11, Mainz, London, Berlin, Madrid, New York, Paris, Prague, Tokyo, Toronto: Schott Music [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "With a plate of wild chestnuts", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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

This text was added to the website: 2007-06-29
Line count: 14
Word count: 66

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