by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud
Translation by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905)
Décollation
Language: French (Français)
La lune, comme un sabre blanc Sur un sombre coussin de moire, Se courbe en la nocturne gloire D'un ciel fantastique et dolent. Un long Pierrot déambulant Montre avec des gestes de foire La lune, comme un sabre blanc Sur un sombre coussin de moire. Il flageole et, s'agenouillant, Rêve dans l'immensité noire Que pour la mort expiatoire Sur son cou s'abat en sifflant La lune, comme un sabre blanc.
Text Authorship:
- by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Décollation", appears in Pierrot lunaire, first published 1884 [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):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905) , "Enthauptung", appears in Pierrot lunaire ; composed by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg, Otto Vrieslander.
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Word count: 70
Enthauptung
Language: German (Deutsch) after the French (Français)
Der Mond, ein blankes Türkenschwert Auf einem schwarzen Seidenkissen, Gespenstisch groß - dräut er hinab Durch schmerzendunkle Nacht. Pierrot irrt ohne Rast umher Und starrt empor in Todesängsten Zum Mond, dem blanken Türkenschwert Auf einem schwarzen Seidenkissen. Es schlottern unter ihm die Knie, Ohnmächtig bricht er jäh zusammen. Er wähnt: es sause strafend schon Auf seinen Sünderhals hernieder Der Mond, das blanke Türkenschwert.
Confirmed with Die Lyrik des Auslandes in neuerer Zeit, ed. Hans Bethge, Leipzig: Max Hesses Verlag, 1907, pages 22-23
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Text Authorship:
- by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), "Enthauptung", appears in Pierrot lunaire [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Décollation", appears in Pierrot lunaire, first published 1884
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), "Enthauptung", op. 21 no. 13 (1912), from Pierrot lunaire, no. 13 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Otto Vrieslander (1880 - 1950), "Enthauptung", 1905?, published 1905 [ medium voice and piano ], from Pierrot lunaire, Dichtungen von A. Giraud ins deutstche übertragen von O. E. Hartleben, no. 15, München, Heinrich Lewy [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "斬首", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Mimmi Fulmer) (Ric Merritt) , "Beheading", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Décapitation", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Decapitazione", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NYN Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Are Frode Søholt) , "Halshugging", copyright © 2008, (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: 62