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by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)

Ich bin eine dürre Königin
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich bin eine dürre Königin,
Trag auf dem Haupt eine zierliche Kron,
Und die mir dienen mit treuem Sinn,
Die haben großen Lohn.

Meine Frauen müssen mich schön frisiern,
Erzählen mir Märlein ohne Zahl,
Sie lassen kein einzig Haar an mir,
Doch siehst du mich nimmer kahl.

Spazieren fahr ich frank und frei,
Das geht so rasch, das geht so fein;
Nur komm ich nicht vom Platz dabei --
Sagt, Leute, was mag das sein?

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Text Authorship:

  • by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Rätsel" [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 Günter Klinzing (b. 1930), "Rätsel", 1975, published 1995 [ four-part mixed chorus, female speaker, string orchestra ], from Drei Kantaten nach Gedichten von Eduard Mörike, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wolfgang Ulrich (1924 - 1995), "Rätsel-Königin", 1982 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Peter Palmer

This text was added to the website: 2010-06-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 74

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