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Unangeklopft ein Herr tritt Abends bei mir ein: »Ich habe die Ehr', Ihr Rezensent zu sein!« Sofort nimmt er das Licht in die Hand, besieht lang meinen Schatten an der Wand, rückt nah und fern: »Nun, lieber junger Mann, sehn Sie doch gefälligst mal Ihre Nas' so von der Seite an! Sie geben zu, daß das ein Auswuchs is'.« Das? Alle Wetter - gewiß! Ei Hasen! ich dachte nicht, all' mein Lebtage nicht, daß ich so eine Weltsnase führt' im Gesicht! Der Mann sprach noch [Verschiedenes]1 hin und her, ich weiß, auf meine Ehre, nicht mehr; meinte vielleicht, ich sollt' ihm beichten. Zuletzt stand er auf; ich tat ihm leuchten. Wie wir nun an der Treppe sind, da geb' ich ihm, ganz frohgesinnt, einen kleinen Tritt, nur so von hinten aufs Gesäße mit - alle Hagel! ward das ein Gerumpel, ein Gepurzel, ein Gehumpel! Dergleichen hab' ich nie gesehn, all' mein Lebtage nicht gesehn einen Menschen so rasch die Trepp' hinabgehn!
1 Wolf: "Verschied'nes"
Authorship:
- by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Abschied" [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 Manfred Schlenker (1926 - 2023 ), "Abschied", published 2006 [ vocal quintet ], from Zehn Mörike-Burlesken für fünf Stimmen, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Abschied", from Mörike-Lieder, no. 53 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Comiat", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Farewell", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Adieu", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , "Adieu", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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- SPA Spanish (Español) (Gerardo Garciacano Hinojosa) (Simone von Büren) , "Despedida", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 161
Without knocking, a gentleman comes visiting me one evening: "I have the honour to be your critic!" [he says.] Immediately he takes the light in his hand, gazes long at my shadow on the wall, stepping close and then stepping back: "Now, my good young man, kindly see how your nose looks from the side! You must admit that it is a protuberance." This? Good gracious - so it is! My word! I never imagined - my whole life long - that such a world-sized nose I bore on my face! The man said various other things about this and that, and on my honour, I remember no more; perhaps he thought I should give him a confession. Finally he stood up and I lit his way out. As we stood at the top of the stairs, I gave him, cheerfully, a small kick from behind, on the backside, and by hail! what a jolting, tumbling, and hobbling! The equal have I never seen, my whole life long, of a man going so quickly down the stairs!
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Abschied"
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 177