wos unguaz

A poem from hc artmann came to my mind today. Best listened to in the version sung by Helmut Qualtinger (unfortunately, I couldn’t find it anywhere for you to listen to, so I’ll just write it down). I do apologize to those who are not familiar with Viennese dialect writings, but I love artmann’s art so much and as for the man himself, well, I liked him, too…

wos unguaz

hosd nix bemeagt?
des messa do
hod se alanech
gaunz von söwa
griad…
fon köla bis zun doch
ka mendsch ka kozz
ka maus en haus
und des farfluachte messa
hod se gaunz fon söwa
griad…

do schdimmd wos ned!
do is wos zwischn uns!
do is wos unguaz
zwischn dia r und mia…
ar messa kaun se do
ned so alanech
gaunz von söwa rian!

mia ged s baakoed
duach s bluad…
se frogt en ana dua:

hosd nix bemeagt..?
hosd as ned xseng…??

hc artmann, aus med ana schwoazzn dintn, gedichta r aus bradnsee

artmann, du föst!