Fortuna lächelt...

 

Fortuna lächelt... - (2012)    

Wilhelm Busch

for medium voice and piano


 

Fortuna lächelt, doch sie mag
nur ungern voll beglücken;
Schenkt sie uns einen Sommertag,
so schenkt sie uns auch Mücken.

2 pages, circa 1' 15"


Wilhelm Busch

 

Fortune smiles, but she also may
Delight us in her reluctant way .
She gives the gift of a summer's day,
With a swarm of mosquitoes and us as prey.

 

rhymed paraphrase by the composer

Copyright  2012 Gary Bachlund     All international rights reserved.

 

 

The light-hearted observation that "fortune smiles" moves between two meters, the accompaniment chuckling alongside the singer. Ha! For other settings of Busch's texts, click here.

 

 

The score is available as a free PDF download, though any major commercial performance or recording of the work is prohibited without prior arrangement with the composer. Click on the graphic below for this piano-vocal score.

 

Fortuna lächelt...