Voyage de fous | Si vous rassemblez

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Narrenfahrt

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Wenn man tut zu sammen klauben
sechs Poeten mit ihren Dauben,
sechs Organisten mit ihren Mucken,
sechs Komponisten mit ihren Stücken,
und tut sie setzen auf einen Karren,
so fährt anderthalb Dutzen Narren.
Wenn bricht der Karren,
so fallen die Narren,
und obwohl ist zerbrochen der Karren,
so bleiben doch achtzehn grosse Narren!

Achtzehn grosse Narren;
so bleiben doch achtzehn grosse Narren!

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked 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 Max Bruch (1838 - 1920), "Narrenfahrt", op. 71 no. 4 (1897), published 1897 [ mixed chorus ], from Sieben Lieder für gemischten Chor, no. 4, Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Voyage de fous", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Virginia Knight

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 62

Voyage de fous

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Si vous rassemblez
six poètes avec leurs strophes,
six organistes avec leur musique,
six compositeurs avec leurs morceaux,
et si vous les mettez sur une charrette,
une douzaine et demie de fous partiront.
Si la charrette casse,
les fous tombent,
et bien que la charrette soit cassée,
il reste dix-huit grands fous !

Dix-huit grands fous,
il reste dix-huit grands fous !

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2023-02-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 60