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

Die zwei Wurzeln
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Zwei Tannenwurzeln groß und alt
Unterhalten sich im Wald.

Was droben in den Wipfeln rauscht,
Das wird hier unten ausgetauscht.

Ein altes Eichhorn sitzt dabei
Und strickt wohl Strümpfe für die zwei.

Die eine sagt: knig. Die andre sagt: knag.
Das ist genug für einen Tag.

Text Authorship:

  • by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Die zwei Wurzeln", 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), "Die zwei Wurzeln", 2011 [ medium voice and piano ], from Zwölf Kinder-lieder für Erwachsene, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Die zwei Wurzeln" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Die zwei Wurzeln", from Galgenlieder, no. 66 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Paul Hermann Franz Graener (1872 - 1944), "Die zwei Wurzeln", op. 43 no. 7, published 1917 [ voice and piano ], from Palmström singt. Sieben Galgenlieder von Christian Morgenstern, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alfred Schuster (1910 - 1980), "Die zwei Wurzeln", 1947 [ voice and piano ], from Galgenlieder nach Gedichten von Christian Morgenstern, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ernest Vietor (flourished 1905-1930), "Die zwei Wurzeln", op. 7 no. 13, from Galgenlieder, no. 13 [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "The two tree roots", written 2011, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2004-12-01
Line count: 8
Word count: 46

The two tree roots
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Two evergreen roots, great and old,
Held forth awhile in the wooded wold.

That which in the tree tops sighed
Would be known, the gnarled roots implied.

An old unicorn was sitting near
Knitting socks for them, from what I hear.

Said one: Quite right. The other: Yes, quite.
That's enough of that, day or night.

Rhymed paraphrase.

Text Authorship:

  • by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "The two tree roots", written 2011, copyright © 2011, (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), "Die zwei Wurzeln", 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):

    [ None yet in the database ]


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-12-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 56

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