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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Wie eine Hummel brummt mein Geist
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wie eine Hummel brummt mein Geist
sein Reich voll Unrast hin und her;
die Blüten lassen heut ihn leer,
so viel' er hungrig auch umkreist.

Denn kaum erfüllt ihn ein Begehr -
als ihm ein andres dies verweist!
Wie eine Hummel brummt mein Geist
sein Reich heut rastlos hin und her.

"Wenn also strenge Reihn du reihst",
dozierst du, "ist dein Herz nicht schwer!"
Du bist ein Esel, wer du seist!
Heut komm' mir keiner in die Quer!
Wie eine Hummel brummt mein Geist. 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Rondel" [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 Willy Burkhard (1900 - 1955), "Ein böser Tag", op. 22, Heft 1 (Chorduette nach Gedichten aus "Palma Kunkel" von Christian Morgenstern) no. 1 (1928). [men's chorus a cappella] [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-28
Line count: 13
Word count: 84

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