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Korf erfindet eine Uhr, die mit zwei Paar Zeigern kreist, und damit nach vorn nicht nur, sondern auch nach rückwärts weist. Zeigt sie zwei, - somit auch zehn; zeigt sie drei, - somit auch neun; und man braucht nur hinzusehn, um die Zeit nicht mehr zu scheun. Denn auf dieser Uhr von Korfen, mit dem janushaften Lauf, (dazu ward sie so entworfen): hebt die Zeit sich selber auf.
Authorship:
- by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Die Korfsche Uhr" [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 Miriam Gideon (1906 - 1996), "Die Korfsche Uhr", 1966 [medium voice, clarinet, marimba, violoncello], from Rhymes from the Hill, no. 3. [text not verified]
- by Rudolf Jaggi (b. 1940), "Die Korfsche Uhr", 2000 [chorus a cappella], from Zwei Uhren, no. 1. [text not verified]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "La montre korfienne", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Korf's clock", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2004-11-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 68
Korf invented a clock that has two circling pairs of hands, and points with them not only forwards but also backwards. If it indicates two, - then also ten; if it indicates three, - then also nine; and one only has to look at it in order never again to be fearful of time. For upon this clock of Korf's, with its Janus-like movement, (and for this it was invented): Time negates itself.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2013 by Sharon Krebs, (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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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Die Korfsche Uhr"
This text was added to the website: 2013-11-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 73