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by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957), as Paul Schott and by Julius Korngold (1860 - 1945), as Paul Schott

Tanzlied des Pierrots
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE ITA SPA
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, und Wahn und Glück,
ach, das ist des Gauklers Geschick … …

Text Authorship:

  • by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957), as Paul Schott [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
  • 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 opera Die tote Stadt [sung text checked 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
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Benjamin Oblitas Mollinedo) , "Canto de Pierrot", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2009-06-17
Line count: 22
Word count: 93

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