Cinq marks | La nuit il y a dans ma rue

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by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928), as Jucundus Fröhlich Klabund

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Fünf Mark

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

In meiner Straße nachts steht eine
(Immer dieselbe) Lausekleine,
Und grüßt mich krächzend mit Geplärr:
Fünf Mark, mein Herr, fünf Mark, mein Herr.

Ich habe es mir mild verbeten,
Da ist sie näher nur getreten,
Ihr dürrer Leib schwoll schattengroß:
Fünf Mark ja bloß, fünf Mark ja bloß.

Grüß Gott –, der Leichenwagen rumpelt,
Ihr Schatz und eine Vettel humpelt
Stier gröhlend hinter ihrem Sarg:
Fünf Mark, mein Herr, mein Herr, fünf Mark.

Man schmiß sie in die Armenerde,
Ihr Schatz gab ihr als Reisezehrde
Zur Fahrt ins Dunkel in den Sarg:
Fünf Mark, mein Herr, mein Herr, fünf Mark,
Fünf funkelnagelneue Mark.

Text Authorship:

by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928), as Jucundus Fröhlich Klabund, "Fünf Mark" [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Fünf Mark", 2013 [ bass or baritone and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Béla Reinitz (1878 - 1943), "Fünf Mark", published 1926 [ voice and piano ], from Klabund-Lieder, no. 5, New York, Universal Editions [sung text not yet checked]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Cinq marks", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2016-05-20
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Word count: 103

Cinq marks

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

La nuit il y a dans ma rue
(Toujours la même) petite friponne
Qui me salue de croassantes criailleries : 
Cinq marks , monsieur, cinq marks , monsieur. 

Je l'ai tolérée avec clémence,
Alors elle s'est juste rapprochée,
De son corps desséché enfle une grande ombre :
Cinq marks, tout juste, cinq marks, tout juste.

Bonjour, le corbillard va cahotant,
Son chéri et une  putain clopinent,
Moroses, braillant derrière le cercueil :
Cinq marks , monsieur, cinq marks , monsieur. 

On l'a flanquée dans la fosse commune,
Son chéri lui donna comme viatique
Pour le voyage dans le noir du cercueil :
Cinq marks , monsieur, cinq marks , monsieur,
Cinq marks brillants comme un sou neuf.

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This text was added to the website: 2018-01-09
Line count: 17
Word count: 113