by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud
Suicide
Language: French (Français)
En sa robe de lune blanche Pierrot rit son rire sanglant. Son geste ivre devient troublant : Il cuve le vin du dimanche. Sur le sol traînaille sa manche ; Il plante un clou dans le mur blanc : En sa robe de lune blanche Pierrot rit son rire sanglant. Il frétille comme une tanche, Se passe au col un nœud coulant, Repousse l’escabeau branlant, Tire la langue, et se déhanche,
Confirmed with Albert Giraud, Héros et Pierrots, Librairie Fischbacher (Collection des poètes français de l’étranger), 1898, pages 111-112.
Text Authorship:
- by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Suicide", written 1884, appears in Pierrot lunaire, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1884 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905) , "Selbstmord", appears in Pierrot lunaire, Berlin, Verlag Deutscher Phantasten, first published 1893 ; composed by Otto Vrieslander.
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