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Einmal nach einer lustigen Nacht
War ich am Morgen seltsam aufgewacht:
Durst, Wasserscheu, ungleich Geblüt;
Dabei gerührt und weichlich im Gemüt,
Beinah poetisch, ja, ich bat die Muse um ein Lied.
Sie, mit verstelltem Pathos, spottet' mein,
Gab mir den schnöden Bafel ein:
"Es schlägt eine Nachtigall
Am Wasserfall;
Und ein Vogel ebenfalls,
Der schreibt sich Wendehals,
Johann Jakob Wendehals;
Der tut tanzen
Bei den Pflanzen
Ob bemeldten Wasserfalls --"
So ging es fort; mir wurde immer bänger.
Jetzt sprang ich auf: zum Wein! Der war denn auch mein Retter.
-- Merkt's euch, ihr tränenreichen Sänger,
Im Katzenjammer ruft man keine Götter!
W. Keller sets lines 8-15
Text Authorship:
- by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Zur Warnung" [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 Wilhelm Keller (1920 - 2008), "Zur Warnung", lines 8-15 [ four-part chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Werner Wehrli (1892 - 1944), "Zur Warnung" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Zur Warnung", from Mörike-Lieder, no. 49
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Com advertiment", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "As a warning", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "En avertissement", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , "En guise d'avertissement", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Per avvertimento", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 19
Word count: 101
Once after a merry night I was oddly awakened one morning: thirst (but not for water), pounding blood, feeling disturbed and sentimental; almost poetically, yes, I begged my Muse for a song. Pretending pathos, she mocked me, giving me this contemptible piece of trash: "A nightingale is singing by the waterfall; and another bird as well, who signs his name Wendehals, Johann Jakob Wendehals; who dances by the plants of the aforesaid waterfall." and so it continues, and I grew ever more anxious. Now I sprang up: wine! That would rescue me! Mark you well, tearful bards, when you have a hangover, call upon no gods!
Text 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), "Zur Warnung"
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 19
Word count: 106