At lunch! | One dies here from so little to do

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by Hans Bötticher (1883 - 1934)

Translation © by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

Beim Mittagessen!

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Man stirbt hier vor Langeweile,
Dachte die Nagelfeile
Beim Mittagessen!
Und machte sich, wie von ungefähr,
Über den Fingernagel her,
Beim Mittagessen!
Da begann eine silberne Gabel zu schrei'n:
"Meine Dame -- -- Sie sind hier nicht allein!"

Text Authorship:

by Hans Bötticher (1883 - 1934), "Beim Mittagessen!", appears in Die Schnupftabacksdose - Stumpfsinn in Versen, first published 1912 [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), "Beim Mittagessen!", 2009 [ medium voice and piano ], from Ringelnatz in dreiviertel Takt, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "At lunch!", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-02-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 36

At lunch!

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

One dies here from so little to do,
Thought an idle nail file
During lunch!
So he made more or less much ado,
Filing a fingernail a while
During lunch!
For this a silver fork began to jeer,
"Hey you! -- you're not alone here!"

Text Authorship:

by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "At lunch!", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Hans Bötticher (1883 - 1934), "Beim Mittagessen!", appears in Die Schnupftabacksdose - Stumpfsinn in Versen, first published 1912
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-02-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 44