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by Hans Bötticher (1883 - 1934), as Joachim Ringelnatz
Translation © by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

Spaghetti
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Nur eins von tausend Englein
Stehe mir ausnahmsweise jetzt bei.
Denn die Spaghetti-Schlänglein
Entklitschen immer dicht vorm Mund.
Und das sieht aus wie Schweinerei
Und sticht die ganze Zunge wund.
Und ich bin doch hier feiner
Kaufleute Gast und schaufle schon
Zwei Stunden rum an der Portion
Und sie wird garnicht kleiner.

Text Authorship:

  • by Hans Bötticher (1883 - 1934), as Joachim Ringelnatz, appears in Taschen-Krümel, first published 1922 [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), "Spaghetti", 2011 [tenor and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "Spaghetti", 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: 2012-01-01
Line count: 10
Word count: 52

Spaghetti
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Just one of these little angels' horde
Is by me this moment ready.
Ah, spaghetti strands waving toward
One's mouth smack thickly steady.
And it seems rather a piggery
As one scorches raw one's tongue,
But here I be, in my priggery
Shoveling, as are the guests I'm among.
Across the hours a spaghetti serving
Is nothing less than I'm deserving.

Rhymed paraphrase.

Text Authorship:

  • by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Spaghetti", 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 Hans Bötticher (1883 - 1934), as Joachim Ringelnatz, appears in Taschen-Krümel, first published 1922
    • Go to the text page.

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: 2012-01-01
Line count: 10
Word count: 61

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