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Le bon Pierrot, que la foule contemple, Ayant fini les noces d'Arlequin, Suit en songeant le boulevard du Temple. Une fillette au souple casaquin En vain l'agace de son oeil coquin ; Et cependant mystérieuse et lisse Faisant de lui sa plus chère délice, La blanche lune aux cornes de taureau Jette un regard de son oeil en coulisse À son ami Jean Gaspard Deburau.
Text Authorship:
- by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891), "Pierrot", appears in Les Cariatides, in Les Caprices - en dizains à la manière de Clément Marot, no. 6, first published 1842 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "Pierrot", L. 30/(15) (1881) [ voice and piano ], from Quatre chansons de jeunesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Pierrot", FP 66 (1933), first performed 1996 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "皮耶羅", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Pierrot", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Ingrid Schmithüsen) , "Pierrot", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 64
Der gute Pierrot, den die Menge bewundert, Folgt nach Beendigung der Hochzeit Harlekins Träumend dem Tempel-Boulevard. Ein Mädchen in geschmeidiger Zipfel-Weste Neckt ihn vergebens mit schlemischem Blick; Unterdessen geheimnisvoll und unmerklich, Sich ihn zur höchsten Seligkeit erkoren, Wirft der stier-gehörnte, weiße Mond Verstohlenen Auges einen Blick Auf seinen Freund Jean Gaspard Deburau.
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- Translation from French (Français) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2013 by Ingrid Schmithüsen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891), "Pierrot", appears in Les Cariatides, in Les Caprices - en dizains à la manière de Clément Marot, no. 6, first published 1842
This text was added to the website: 2013-05-29
Line count: 10
Word count: 52