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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Menschen stehn vor einem Haus
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Menschen stehn vor einem Haus,
nein, nicht Menschen, - Bäume.
Menschen, folgert Otto draus,
sind drum nichts als Träume.

Alles ist vielleicht nicht klar,
nichts vielleicht erklärlich
und somit, was ist, wird, war,
schlimmstenfalls entbehrlich. 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), no title [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 Paul Hermann Franz Graener (1872 - 1944), "Träume", op. 79 no. 8, from Nacht- und Spukgesänge. Galgenlieder nach Gedichten von Christian Morgenstern, no. 8. [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 34

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