Günter Sopper : Der Wandersmann

Scoring of the poem in poetry " through exuberant riddles of thorn and small rose"; Part of the song Cabaret "We are the Generation of Success" (1981). The accompaniment for the pianist, an exercise in sheet reading ;)

Once upon a time there was a wanderer
whose wound to wander began.
He asked himself of the wondering then,
whether you can walk with wounds:
because otherwise a wounded man wanders,
it's not a wonder then, he soon stops...

He hears of the wanderer,
who can work wandering wonders.
Surprisingly for the miracle
inflicts anyone wandering.

So, our wounded man wanders
a wonder also wishfully close,
he sees the wonder man
wonderfully wandered then
volubly to the wall

"I am cursed in my delusion,
which can wish miracles",
he cries in rage,
"because this man appeared as I from wandering!"