by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)
Unter Zeiten See original
Language: German (Deutsch)
Das Perfekt und das Imperfekt
tranken Sekt.
Sie tranken Sekt, sie haben getrunken.
Sie stießen aufs Futurum an
(was man wohl gelten lassen kann).
Sie werden Sekt trinken,
Sie werden getrunken haben.
Plusquamper und Exaktfutur
blinzten nur.
Composition:
- Set to music 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 ]
Text Authorship:
- by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Unter Zeiten", appears in Galgenlieder
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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