by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)
Das Fest des Wüstlings
Language: German (Deutsch)
Was stört so schrill die stille Nacht?
Was sprüht der Lichter Lüstrepracht?
Das ist das Fest des Wüstlings!
Was huscht und hascht und weint und lacht?
Was cymbelt gell ? was flüstert sacht?
Das ist das Fest des Wüstlings!
Die Pracht der Nacht ist jach entfacht!
Die Tugend stirbt, das Laster lacht!
Das ist das Fest des Wüstlings!
(Zu flüstern)
Text Authorship:
- by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Das Fest des Wüstlings", 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 Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Das Fest des Wüstlings", from Galgenlieder, no. 62 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ralf Albert Franz (b. 1969), "Das Fest des Wüstlings", from Galgenlieder, no. 17 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sofia Gubaidulina (1931 - 2025), "Das Fest des Wüstlings", 1996, first performed 1996 [ mezzo-soprano, percussion, and contrabass ], from Galgenlieder à 3 1996/1998, no. 11 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sofia Gubaidulina (1931 - 2025), "Das Fest des Wüstlings", 1996, first performed 1997 [ mezzo-soprano, flute, bayan, percussion, and contrabass ], from Galgenlieder à 5 1996, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Nicolaas (Koos) Jaspers) , "Hedonistenfeest", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La fête du débauché", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-07-29
Line count: 10
Word count: 59