Chant de Pierrot | Mon désir, mon rêve

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

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

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

Chant de Pierrot

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Mon désir, mon rêve, 
me ramènent dans le passé.
Dans la danse j'ai trouvé 
et j'ai perdu mon bonheur.
Dans la danse sur le Rhin, 
au clair de lune,
le regard intime d'un œil bleu 
s'est confié à moi,
sa parole suppliante s'est confiée à moi :
oh, reste, oh, ne t'en va pas,
garde la joie qui fleurit 
encore de la patrie,
mon désir, mon rêve, 
me ramènent dans le passé.
Le charme de ce qui était éloigné 
a jeté le feu dans mon âme,
Le charme de la danse m'a séduit, 
je suis devenu un comédien.
Suivez ces douceurs suaves,
apprenez à embrasser en étant en larmes.

Ivresse et douleur, folie et joie,
ah, c'est le destin du bouffon.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2017 by Guy Laffaille, (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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a text in German (Deutsch) by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957), as Paul Schott and by Julius Korngold (1860 - 1945), as Paul Schott
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This text was added to the website: 2017-04-26
Line count: 22
Word count: 120