The voice box | The voice box, in its hollow boom

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by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)

Translation © by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

Der Kehlkopf

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Der Kehlkopf, der im hohlem Bom
Als Weidenschnuppe uns ergözt,
Dem kam man endlich auf das Trom,
Und hat ihn säuberlich zerbäzt,
Man kam von hinten angestiegen,
Drauf ward er vorne ausgezwiegen.

Text Authorship:

by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Der Kehlkopf" [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 Kehlkopf", 2010 [medium voice or high voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "The voice box", rhymed paraphrase, copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-02-03
Line count: 6
Word count: 32

The voice box

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The voice box, in its hollow boom,
From a willowy allergy up did bloom,
And finally did it fuss and fume,
With a neat, sweet sort of laryngeal rheum,
That from the back it forth did spume,
With a forward thrusting sort of plume.

Text Authorship:

by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "The voice box", 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 Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Der Kehlkopf"
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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: 44