by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)
Unter Zeiten
Language: German (Deutsch)
Das Perfekt und das Imperfekt
tranken Sekt.1
Sie stießen aufs Futurum an
(was man wohl gelten lassen kann).2
Plusquamper und Exaktfutur
blinzten nur.
View original text (without footnotes)
1 Bergman adds "Sie tranken Sekt, sie haben getrunken."
2 Bergman adds "Sie werden Sekt trinken,/ Sie werden getrunken haben."
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
1 Bergman adds "Sie tranken Sekt, sie haben getrunken."
2 Bergman adds "Sie werden Sekt trinken,/ Sie werden getrunken haben."
Text Authorship:
- by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Unter Zeiten", appears in Galgenlieder [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), "Unter Zeiten", 2010 [ soprano and piano ], from Zehn Morgenstern-lieder, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Erik Bergman (1911 - 2006), "Unter Zeiten", op. 51b (Vier Galgenlieder (Four Gallows Songs)) no. 4 (1960), first performed 1961 [ 3 speakers and speaking (mixed) chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Unter Zeiten", from Galgenlieder, no. 46 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "Under tenses", rhymed paraphrase, copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Aikojen kesken", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Entre temps", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-07-31
Line count: 6
Word count: 23