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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Nach Norden
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Palmström ist nervös geworden;
darum schläft er jetzt nach Norden.

Denn nach Osten, Westen, Süden
schlafen, heißt das Herz ermüden.

(Wenn man nämlich in Europen
lebt, nicht südlich in den Tropen.)

Solches steht bei zwei Gelehrten, 
die auch Dickens schon bekehrten -

und erklärt sich aus dem steten
Magnetismus des Planeten.

Palmström also heilt sich örtlich,
nimmt sein Bett und stellt es nördlich.

Im Traum, in einigen Fällen, 
hört er den Polarfuchs bellen.

Text Authorship:

  • by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), appears in Palmström, first published 1910 [author's text not yet checked 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 Günter Raphael (1903 - 1960), "Nach Norden", 1957 [ tenor voice, clarinet, violin, percussion, contrabass, and piano ], from Palmström-Sonate, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Andreas Praefcke

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 72

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