by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)
Möwenlied
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: FRE
Die Möwen sehen alle aus, als ob sie Emma hießen. Sie tragen einen weißen Flaus und sind mit Schrot zu schießen. Ich schieße keine Möwe tot, Ich laß sie lieber leben -- und füttre sie mit Roggenbrot und rötlichen Zibeben. O Mensch, du wirst nie nebenbei der Möwe Flug erreichen. Wofern du Emma heißest, sei zufrieden, ihr zu gleichen.
Text Authorship:
- by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Möwenlied", appears in Galgenlieder [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), "Möwenlied", 2013 [ tenor and piano ], from Zwölf Morgenstern-Lieder , no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Möwenlied", from Galgenlieder, no. 58 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jacqueline Fontyn (b. 1930), "Möwenlied", 2005 [ contralto or piano, viola or violoncello, and piano ], from Mouettes, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Derek Healey (b. 1936), "Möwenlied", op. 129 no. 5 (2011) [ contralto, alto saxophone, and piano ], from Morgenstern Lieder, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Schuster (1910 - 1980), "Möwenlied", 1947 [ voice and piano ], from Galgenlieder nach Gedichten von Christian Morgenstern, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Katrin Weber , "Möwenlied" [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le chant des mouettes", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-12-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 58