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.

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¹ Bergman inserts here: "Sie tranken Sekt, sie haben getrunken." ² Bergman inserts here: "Sie werden Sekt trinken, / Sie werden getrunken haben."

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 against a primary source]

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

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.