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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Da waren zwei Kinder, jung und gut
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Da waren zwei Kinder, jung und gut,
aber ihr Blut
floß [gar]1 schnelle.
Sie lachten sich zu,
da warf ihre Ruh'
die erste harmlose Welle.

Doch jeden Tag warf sie eine mehr,
bis gar wild hin und her
Wogen wallten.
Da ging es zum Sterben,
gradaus ins Verderben --
sie konnten ihr Herz nicht halten.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   A. Zemlinsky 

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Confirmed with Christian Morgenstern, Werke und Briefe Kommentierte Ausgabe, Band 1 Lyrik 1887-1905, herausgegeben von Martin Kießig, Stuttgart: Urachhaus, 1988, pages 320-321

1 Zemlinsky: "gar zu"

Text Authorship:

  • by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Volksweise", appears in Ein Sommer, Verse [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 Siegfried Fournes (1896 - 1932), "Volksweise", copyright © 1978 [ voice and piano ], from Gesamtausgabe der Lieder von Siegfried Fournes, no. 36, Steinkirchen : G. Fournes [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Da waren zwei Kinder", op. 7 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1 (1900?) [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 55

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