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by Hugo Salus (1866 - 1929)

Einfältiges Lied
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE LIT
König ist spazieren gangen,
Bloß wie ein Mensch spazieren gangen,
Ohne Szepter und ohne Kron',
Wie ein gewöhnlicher Menschensohn.

Ist ein starker Wind gekommen,
Ganz gewöhnlicher Wind gekommen,
Ohne Ahnung, wer das wär',
Fällt er über den König her.

Hat ihm den Hut vom Kopf gerissen, 
Hat ihn über's Dach geschmissen, 
Hat ihn nie mehr wiedergesehn!

Seht ihr's!
Da habt ihr's!
Das sag' ich ja!

Treiben gleich Allotria!
Es kann kein König ohne Kron', 
Wie ein gewöhnlicher Menschensohn
Unter die dummen Leute gehn!

Text Authorship:

  • by Hugo Salus (1866 - 1929) [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 Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Einfältiges Lied", 1901, from Brettl-Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chanson simple", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Paprasta daina", copyright © 2023, (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: 18
Word count: 83

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