Under tenses | The Perfect and the Imperfect drink

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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Translation © by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

Unter Zeiten

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FIN FRE

Das Perfekt und das Imperfekt
    tranken Sekt.¹
Sie stießen aufs Futurum an
(was man wohl gelten lassen kann).²

Plusquamper und Exaktfutur
    blinzten nur.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• E. Bergman

View original text (without footnotes)
¹ Bergman adds "Sie tranken Sekt, sie haben getrunken."
² Bergman adds "Sie werden Sekt trinken,/ Sie werden getrunken haben."

Text Authorship:

by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Unter Zeiten", 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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Unter Zeiten", 2010 [ soprano and piano ], from Zehn Morgenstern-lieder, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Erik Bergman (1911 - 2006), "Unter Zeiten", op. 51b (Vier Galgenlieder (Four Gallows Songs)) no. 4 (1960), first performed 1961 [ 3 speakers and speaking (mixed) chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Unter Zeiten", from Galgenlieder, no. 46 [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "Under tenses", rhymed paraphrase, copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Aikojen kesken", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Entre temps", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-31
Line count: 6
Word count: 23

Under tenses

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The Perfect and the Imperfect drink
Some bubbly, as their glasses clink.
They toast the Future (and we think
This is a bright time to which to link).

The Pluperfect and Future Perfect
Wink for a fine effect.

Text Authorship:

by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Under tenses", rhymed paraphrase, copyright © 2010, (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 Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Unter Zeiten", appears in Galgenlieder
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-02-03
Line count: 6
Word count: 38