Doctor's advice | What use is cursing and swearing

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by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)

Translation © by Peter Palmer

Ärztlicher Rat

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Was hilft das Schimpfen und das Fluchen,
Sie ziehen sich zu viel zurück!
Sie sollten brav Gesellschaft suchen,
Und Tanz und lärmende Musik.

Hypochondrist:
 Ach! wollt ich nicht schon manche liebe Stunde
 So bei Gesang und Geige mich ergötzen?
 Jedoch da hör ich tief im Hintergrunde
 An einemfort den Tod die Sense wetzen!

Text Authorship:

by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Ärztlicher Rat" [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 Karl Michael Komma (1913 - 2012), "Ärztlicher Rat", published 2003, first performed 2004 [ soprano and piano ], from Fünf Gesänge für Sopran und Klavier nach Worten von Eduard Mörike, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Peter Palmer) , "Doctor's advice", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-04-04
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Word count: 53

Doctor's advice

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

What use is cursing and swearing,
You're living too much on your own!
You ought to seek out companionship,
With dancers and rowdy musicians. 

Hypochondriac:
 Oh, don't think I never wished to spend time
 Basking in the sounds of singers and fiddlers!
 It's just that in the far distance I hear
 Death forever whetting his scythe.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Ärztlicher Rat"
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This text was added to the website: 2010-04-04
Line count: 9
Word count: 56