by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)
Das Huhn
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: FRE
In der Bahnhofshalle, nicht für es gebaut, geht ein Huhn hin und her. Wo, wo ist der Stationsvorsteh'r? Wird dem Huhn man nichts tun? Hoffen wir es! Sagen wir es laut, dass ihm uns're Sympathie gehört, selbst an dieser Stätte, wo es - »stört«!
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Text Authorship:
- by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Das Huhn", 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 Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Das Huhn", from Galgenlieder, no. 57 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Hermann Franz Graener (1872 - 1944), "Das Huhn", op. 43b no. 3, published 1922 [ voice and piano ], from Neue Galgenlieder von Christian Morgenstern, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wolfgang König (b. 1947), "Das Huhn" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Lukoschek (b. 1945), "Das Huhn" [ mezzo-soprano and women's chorus ], from Galgenlieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Nitsche (1909 - 1985), "Das Huhn" [ SATB chorus ], from Vier Morgensternlieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Schreiber (1881 - 1920), "Das Huhn" [ voice and piano ], from Zehn Lieder für Gesang und Klavier, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La poule", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-29
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Word count: 43