Pay attention! | Motorbike! Do you hear the snuffler approach?

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by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Aufgepasst!

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Töff! Hörst du das Schnauferl nahn?
Schneller als die Pferdebahn
kommt es näher, schurrt und pfacht,
das Benzin in Dunst verraucht,
Wolken stäuben hinterher --
da, vorbei! du siehst nichts mehr!

Confirmed with Ringelreihen: Kindergedichte von Albert Sergel, 11.-15. Tausend, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien & Bern: Franz Schneider Verlag, 1921, page 41.

Text Authorship:

by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), "Aufgepaßt!", appears in Ringelreihen: Kindergedichte [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 Richard Trunk (1879 - 1968), "Aufgepasst!", op. 44 no. 6 (1920) [ voice and piano ], from Zehn Kinderlieder nach Gedichten von Albert Sergel, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Pay attention!", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Pay attention!

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Motorbike! Do you hear the snuffler approach?
Quicker than the horse train
it approaches, scrapes and hisses,
its gasoline fumes away into mist,
clouds of dust puff behind it --
there, it's gone! you see nothing more!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), "Aufgepaßt!", appears in Ringelreihen: Kindergedichte
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This text was added to the website: 2024-12-12
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Word count: 36