Galgenlied | Die dürre Dirne

by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud

Translation by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905)

La chanson de potence

Language: French (Français)

La maigre amoureuse au long cou
Sera la dernière maîtresse
De ce traîne-jambe en détresse,
De ce songe-d'or sans le sou.

Cette pensée est comme un clou
Qu'en sa tête enfonce l'ivresse :
La maigre amoureuse au long cou
Sera sa dernière maîtresse.

Elle est svelte comme un bambou ;
Sur sa gorge danse une tresse,
Et, d'une étranglante caresse,
Le fera jouir comme un fou,
La maigre amoureuse au long cou.

Text Authorship:

by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "La chanson de potence", appears in Pierrot lunaire, 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) , "Galgenlied", appears in Pierrot lunaire, Berlin, Verlag Deutscher Phantasten, first published 1893 ; composed by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg, Otto Vrieslander.

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-16
Line count: 13
Word count: 70

Galgenlied

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

Our translations: CHI ENG FRE ITA NYN

Die dürre Dirne
Mit langem Halse
Wird seine letzte
Geliebte sein.

In seinem Hirne
Steckt wie ein Nagel
Die dürre Dirne
Mit langem Halse.

Schlank wie die Pinie,
Am Hals ein Zöpfchen -
Wollüstig wird sie
Den Schelm umhalsen,
Die dürre Dirne!

Text Authorship:

by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), "Galgenlied", appears in Pierrot lunaire, Berlin, Verlag Deutscher Phantasten, first published 1893 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "La chanson de potence", appears in Pierrot lunaire, first published 1884
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Galgenlied", op. 21 no. 12 (1912), from Pierrot lunaire, no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Otto Vrieslander (1880 - 1950), "Galgenlied", 1905?, published 1905 [ medium voice and piano ], from Pierrot lunaire, Dichtungen von A. Giraud ins deutstche übertragen von O. E. Hartleben, no. 17, München, Heinrich Lewy [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Mimmi Fulmer) (Ric Merritt) , "Gallows song", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-16
Line count: 13
Word count: 41