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by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928), as Jucundus Fröhlich Klabund

Zirkus
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die Puppen laden hölzerne Geschütze.
Schon sinkt
Im Korktod
Dummer August blaß.
Geschminkte Hände halten
Säbelblech.
Der Wangen rote Tulpen
Blühen faul.
Die Augen (sanfte Augen der Natur)
Entgleiten maulwurfunterwürfig in den dunklen
Erdbraunen Nachtgott.
Ihn ersah
Zum Ziel sich die bedeutende Strategin,
Die Liebe, die durch tausend Reifen sprang,
Auf Pferdchen äffchensamt geritten,
Den Himmel der Manege spaltete.
Vom Turmseil schwirrte
Der entthronte Künstler.
Der Kopf
Fraß blutend Sägespäne.
Und die Hände (die schönen Hände, die den Balancierstock schwangen,
den silbernen, mit Löwenkopf gezierten),
Sie riefen Hilfe im Ertrinken,
Versinken unterm Sand.
Das Publikum
Schoß Beifall aus kanonengleichen Mäulern.

Text Authorship:

  • by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928), as Jucundus Fröhlich Klabund, "Zirkus" [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Zirkus", 2011 [baritone and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "Circus", written 2011, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-01-02
Line count: 26
Word count: 100

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