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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Die Luft
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
   (Herrn Dr. Lärmschutz-Lessing)

Die Luft war einst dem Sterben nah.

"Hilf mir, mein himmlischer Papa",
so rief sie mit sehr trübem Blick,
"ich werde dumm, ich werde dick;
du weißt ja sonst für alles Rat -
schick mich auf Reisen, in ein Bad,
auch saure Milch wird gern empfohlen;-
wenn nicht - lass ich den Teufel holen!"

Der Herr, sich scheuend vor Blamage,
erfand für sie die - Tonmassage.

Es gibt seitdem die Welt, die - schreit.
Wobei die Luft famos gedeiht. 

Text Authorship:

  • by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Die Luft", 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), "Die Luft", from Galgenlieder, no. 35 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Josef Zilch (b. 1928), "Die Luft" [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder nach Gedichten von Christian Morgenstern, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "L'air", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-30
Line count: 13
Word count: 79

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