Under tenses | The Perfect and the Imperfect drink

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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Translation © by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

Unter Zeiten

(Sung text for setting by E. Bergman)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FIN FRE

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:

Erik Bergman

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

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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-31
Line count: 6
Word count: 25

Under tenses

(Sung text translation for setting by E. Bergman)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The Perfect and the Imperfect drink
Some bubbly, as their glasses clink.
They toast the Future (and we think
This is a bright time to which to link).

The Pluperfect and Future Perfect
Wink for a fine effect.

Text Authorship:

by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Under tenses", rhymed paraphrase, copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Unter Zeiten", appears in Galgenlieder
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-02-03
Line count: 6
Word count: 38