Enthauptung
Language: German (Deutsch) after the French (Français)
Der Mond, ein blankes Türkenschwert
Auf einem schwarzen Seidenkissen,
Gespenstisch groß - dräut er hinab
Durch schmerzendunkle Nacht.
Pierrot irrt ohne Rast umher
Und starrt empor in Todesängsten
Zum Mond, dem blanken Türkenschwert
Auf einem schwarzen Seidenkissen.
Es schlottern unter ihm die Knie,
Ohnmächtig bricht er jäh zusammen.
Er wähnt: es sause strafend schon
Auf seinen Sünderhals hernieder
Der Mond, das blanke Türkenschwert.
Translation(s): CHI ENG FRE ITA NYN
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Confirmed with Die Lyrik des Auslandes in neuerer Zeit, ed. Hans Bethge, Leipzig: Max Hesses Verlag, 1907, pages 22-23
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable): - NYN Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Are Frode Søholt) , title 1: "Halshugging", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Mimmi Fulmer) (Ric Merritt) , title 1: "Beheading", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title 1: "Decapitazione", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (汉语 / 漢語) (Yen-Chiang Che) , title 1: "斬首", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Décapitation", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Beheading
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
The moon, a shining scimitar
On a black silk cushion,
Preternaturally large-glowers down
Through night's pall of sorrow.
Pierrot wanders about restlessly
And stares aloft in deadly fear
At the moon, a shining scimitar
On a black silk cushion.
His knees tremble,
He collapses senseless.
He fancies it's already whistling down
In vengeance on his guilty neck,
The moon, the shining scimitar.
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