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by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896)

Zwei Gänse
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT FRE
Zur weißen Gans sprach einst vertraulich eine graue:
"Laß uns spazieren geh'n nach jener grünen Aue,
Dort tun wir beide uns im jungen Grase gütlich,
Denn in Gesellschaft [gackt es sich doch gar]1 gemütlich."

"Nein!" sprach die weiße Gans, "Da muß ich refusieren,
Mit meinesgleichen nur geh' ich am Tag spazieren;
Vertraulichkeit mit dir gereichte mir zur Schande,
Zwar bin ich eine Gans, doch eine Gans von Stande!"

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   M. Reger 

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1 Reger: "gackert es sich gar"

Text Authorship:

  • by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896), "Zwei Gänse" [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 Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Zwei Gänse", op. 55 (Fünfzehn Lieder) no. 8 (1901) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Felix Paul Weingartner (1863 - 1942), "Zwei Gänse", op. 19 no. 5 (1894), published 1896 [ voice and piano ], from Hilaria. Sechs heitere Lieder, no. 5, Berlin, Fürstner [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Dues oques", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Deux oies", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 69

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