The water drop | A water drop fell from the skies

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by Hans Bötticher (1883 - 1934), as Joachim Ringelnatz

Translation © by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

Der Wassertropfen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ein Wassertropfen fiel vom Himmel;
Es war ein ungezog'ner Lümmel.
Im Grase schlief ein dummer Hase,
Der Tropfen fiel auf seine Nase.
Der Hase dachte sich dabei,
Daß er jetzt totgeschossen sei.
Er sprang in seinem großen Schreck
Aus seinem sicheren Versteck.
Der Jägersmann stand an der Straße
Und schoß ihn wirklich in die Nase.

Text Authorship:

by Hans Bötticher (1883 - 1934), as Joachim Ringelnatz [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Der Wassertropfen", 2008 [medium voice and piano], from Kleine Wesen, no. 10 [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "The water drop", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-03-09
Line count: 10
Word count: 55

The water drop

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

A water drop fell from the skies,
A trickster, I should emphasize.
In the grass did a stupid rabbit doze,
As the drop dropped down upon its nose.
The rabbit woke up on the spot
And surely thought it had been shot.
It leapt up from its resting place,
And thereby showed its rabbit's face.
A hunter took aim, the story goes,
And shot that rabbit in its nose.

Text Authorship:

by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "The water drop", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Hans Bötticher (1883 - 1934), as Joachim Ringelnatz
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-03-14
Line count: 10
Word count: 69