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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.
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
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-31
Line count: 6
Word count: 23
Le passé composé et l'imparfait
buvaient du mousseux.
Ils trinquent au futur
(qu'on peut bien faire valoir).
Plus-que-parfait et futur précis
clignaient simplement des yeux.
Authorship
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2011 by Pierre Mathé, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Unter Zeiten", appears in Galgenlieder
This text was added to the website: 2011-10-22
Line count: 6
Word count: 25