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by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud
Translation by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905)

Les Cigognes
Language: French (Français) 
Les cigognes mélancoliques,
Blanchâtres sur l’horizon noir,
Pour scander les rythmes du soir,
Font claquer leurs becs faméliques.

Elles ont vu les feux obliques
D’un grand soleil de désespoir,
Les cigognes mélancoliques,
Blanchâtres sur l’horizon noir.

Une mare aux yeux métalliques
Renverse, en son vague miroir,
— Où du jour qui vient de déchoir
Luisent les dernières reliques, —
Les cigognes mélancoliques.

Text Authorship:

  • by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Les Cigognes", written 1884, appears in Pierrot lunaire, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre

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This text was added to the website: 2015-10-20
Line count: 13
Word count: 62

Abend
 (Sung text for setting by M. Kowalski)
 Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the French (Français) 
Melancholisch ernste Störche,
Weiss, auf schwarzem Hintergrunde,
Klappern mit den langen Schnäbeln
Monoton des Abends Rythmen.

Eine hoffnungsleere Sonne
Trifft mit matten, schrägen Strahlen
Melancholisch ernste Störche,
Weiss, auf schwarzem Hintergrunde.

Und der Sumpf, verträumt und müde,
Mit metallisch grünen Augen,
Drin des Tages letzte Lichter
Scheidend blinken — spiegelt wieder
Melancholisch ernste Störche.

Composition:

    Set to music by Max Kowalski (1882 - 1956), "Abend", op. 4 no. 11 (1913), published 1913 [ voice and piano ], from 12 Gedichte aus Pierrot lunaire, no. 11, Berlin, N. Simrock

Text Authorship:

  • by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), "Abend", appears in Pierrot lunaire, Berlin, Verlag Deutscher Phantasten, first published 1893

Based on:

  • a text in French (Français) by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Les Cigognes", written 1884, appears in Pierrot lunaire, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre
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Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2015-10-20
Line count: 13
Word count: 54

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