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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)
Translation © by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

Das Nasobēm
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Auf seinen Nasen schreitet
einher das Nasobēm,
von seinem Kind begleitet.
Es steht noch nicht im Brehm.

Es sieht noch nicht im Meyer.
Und auch im Brockhaus nicht.
Es trat aus meiner Leyer
zum ersten Mal ans Licht.

Auf seinen Nasen schreitet
(wie schon gesagt) seitdem,
von seinem Kind begleitet,
einher das Nasobēm.

Text Authorship:

  • by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Das Nasobēm", 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), "Das Nasobēm", 2010 [ medium voice or low voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Will Elfes (1924 - 1971), "Das Nasobēm" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Das Nasobem", from Galgenlieder, no. 51 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Derek Healey (b. 1936), "Das Nasobēm", op. 129 no. 2 (2011) [ contralto, alto saxophone, and piano ], from Morgenstern Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Friedrich Martin Adalbert Kayssler (1874 - 1945), "Das Nasobēm" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Peter Korff , "Das Nasobēm" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Mátyás György Seiber (1905 - 1960), "Das Nasobēm", 1929 [ soprano and clarinet ], from Drei Morgenstern-Lieder , no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Franz Tischhauser (b. 1921), "Das Nasobēm" [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "Nasobema lyricum", written 2010, copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le nasobème", 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: 12
Word count: 53

Nasobema lyricum
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Upon its noses strides
All about the Nasobēm,
Accompanied with its child.
It's not yet found in Brehm's Lives of Animals.

It's not yet found in Meyer's Lexicon,
Nor is it in the Brockhaus Encyclopedia.
It flowed out of my musings
As first it came to light.

Upon its noses strides
(As said before) since then,
Accompanied with its child,
And goes the Nasobēm.

Text Authorship:

  • by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Nasobema lyricum", written 2010, 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), "Das Nasobēm", appears in Galgenlieder
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-12-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 64

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