Had the english translation by Max Knight simply downloaded without saving the source url, long time ago. Here is some copyright information in the file:
The Gallows Songs / Christian Morgenstern’s Galgenlieder
A Selection
Translated, with an Introduction, by Max Knight
University of California Press 1964.
1963 by Max E. Knight
Ah, just found an online copy of Knight’s translations here (page down a couple of times)
Ah yes! After a few days running this poem in my head I must say it brings me much joy and satisfaction in a strange way. I feel as though I understand a bit more about it. Oh and I realized I had been reading it as “the doers” and not “the does”! Thank you for shareing this beautiful short peice.
@Ftwnitsudftw - that’s nice, thank you! Don’t know any emoticon for my answer which expresses my wide smile on my face, which feels like it were a meter-wide