Un lion s'est représenté

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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Auf einem Wandkalenderblatt

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

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Auf einem Wandkalenderblatt
ein Leu sich abgebildet hat.

Und blickt dich an bewegt und still
den ganzen 17. April.

Wodurch er zu erinnern liebt,
dass es ihn immerhin noch gibt.

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Text Authorship:

by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), no title, appears in Nachlese zur Galgenpoesie [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 Kurt Farkasch , "Der Leu" [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich Martin Adalbert Kayssler (1874 - 1945), "Der Leu" [sung text not yet checked]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-31
Line count: 6
Word count: 30

Un lion s'est représenté

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

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Un lion s'est représenté
sur une feuille de calendrier mural.

Et te regarde, agité et silencieux,
tout le 17 avril.

Moyennant quoi il aime à rappeler
que tout compte fait, il y en a encore.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), no title, appears in Nachlese zur Galgenpoesie
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This text was added to the website: 2011-08-26
Line count: 6
Word count: 35