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Im phantast'schen Mondenstrahle [Funkeln]1 Fläschchen und Krystalle. Vor dem Waschtisch schmückt der fahle [Dandy Pierrot]2 sich zum Balle. Wasserstrahl in seiner Schale Klirrt gleich singendem Metalle. Im phantast'schen Mondenstrahle [Funkeln]1 Fläschchen und Krystalle. Pierrot, statt daß auf die schmale Bleiche Lippe er das dralle Rot des frischen Lebens male, Schminkt sich, daß er Ihr gefalle, Mit phantast'schem Mondenstrahle.
Confirmed with Felix Hausdorff, Gesammelte Werke, Band VIII Literarisches Werk, ed. by Friedrich Vollhardt and Udo Roth, Springer, Berlin, 2011, page 134, and respectively, Paul Mongré, Ekstasen, Hermann Seemann Nachfolger, Leipzig, 1900, page 131.
1 Marx: "blitzen"2 Marx: "Pierrot Dandy"
Text Authorship:
- by Felix Hausdorff (1868 - 1942), as Paul Mongré, "Pierrot Dandy" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Pierrot Dandy", appears in Pierrot lunaire, first published 1884
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Pierrot Dandy", 1909, published 1910 [ high voice and piano ], in Lieder und Gesänge, I. Folge, Nr.20 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Pierrot Dandy", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Pierrot", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-11
Line count: 13
Word count: 61
In the fantastic moonbeam Little bottles and crystals [glitter]1. In front of the washstand the sallow [Dandy Pierrot]2 adorns himself for the ball. The jet of water in his basin Clangs like singing metal. In the fantastic moonbeam Little bottles and crystals [glitter]1. Pierrot, instead of painting his Narrow, pale lips with the Strapping red of fresh life, In order to please her, makes himself up With the fantastic moonbeam.
1 Marx: "sparkle"
2 Marx: "Pierrot Dandy"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Felix Hausdorff (1868 - 1942), as Paul Mongré, "Pierrot Dandy"
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Pierrot Dandy", appears in Pierrot lunaire, first published 1884
This text was added to the website: 2026-06-17
Line count: 13
Word count: 75