Gota fosca | Gota fosca

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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Dunkler Tropfe

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT FRE

Dunkler Tropfe,
der mir heut in den Becher fiel,
in den Becher des Lebens,
dunkler Tropfe Tod -

Willst du den klaren Wein mir trüben -
soll ich mich [an ihm müde]¹ trinken -
müde - müde - vom Leben fort?

Dunkler Tropfe,
der mir heut in den Becher fiel,
in den Becher der Freude,
dunkler Tropfe Tod ...

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• P. Hindemith

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¹ Hindemith: "müde an ihm"

Text Authorship:

by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), no title, appears in Nachlese zu Melancholie [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 Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "Dunkler Tropfe", op. 13 no. 3 (1917/19), first performed 1919 [mezzo-soprano and string quartet], from Melancholie, no. 3. [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Sombre goutte", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , title 1: "Gota fosca", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-08
Line count: 11
Word count: 54

Gota fosca

Language: Catalan (Català) after the German (Deutsch)

Gota fosca,
la que m'ha caigut avui a la copa,
a la copa de la vida,
gota fosca de la mort -

Em vols enterbolir el meu vi clar -
cal que fatigat el begui -
fatigat -- fatigat - de la vida?

Gota fosca,
la que m'ha caigut avui a la copa,
a la copa de la joia,
gota fosca de la mort.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2013 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), no title, appears in Nachlese zu Melancholie
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This text was added to the website: 2013-11-11
Line count: 11
Word count: 59