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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: 25

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
    • Go to the text page.

 
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

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

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