Tanzlied des Pierrots

Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen, es träumt sich zurück.
Im Tanze gewann ich, verlor ich mein Glück.
Im Tanze am Rhein, bei Mondenschein,
gestand mir's aus Blauaug ein inniger Blick,
gestand mir's ihr bittend Wort:
o bleib, o geh mit nicht fort,
bewahre der Heimat still blühendes Glück,
mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen, es träumt sich zurück.
Zauber der Ferne warf in die Seele den Brand,
Zauber des Tanzes lockte, ward Komödiant.
Folgt ihr, der Wundersüssen,
lernt unter Tränen küssen.
Rausch und Not, Wahn und Glück,
ach, das ist des Gauklers Geschick.
Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen, es träumt sich zurück...

Translation(s): FRE ITA

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Submitted by Amelia Maria Imbarrato

Authorship

• by Julius Korngold (1860 - 1945), as Paul Schott [ author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957), "Tanzlied des Pierrots", op. 12 no. ?, first performed 1920, from the opera Die tote Stadt [ sung text verified 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant de Pierrot", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Canzone di Pierrot", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2009-06-17.
Last modified: 2016-10-28 15:52:59
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