Die Kreuze (Hartleben, set by (Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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

Translation by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905)

Les croix

Language: French (Français)

Les beaux vers sont de larges croix
Où saignent les rouges poètes,
Aveuglés par les gypaètes
Volant en rond dans les cieux froids.

Dans la nuit les lointains beffrois
Célèbrent de sinistres fêtes:
Les beaux vers sont de larges croix
Où saignent les rouges poètes,

Ils ont trépassé, cheveux droits,
Loin de la foule aux clameurs bêtes,
Les soleils couchants sur leurs têtes
Comme des couronnes de rois!
Les beaux vers sont de larges croix !

Authorship

by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Les croix", 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) CHI ENG FRE ITA NYN ; composed by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg.

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-16
Line count: 13
Word count: 76

Die Kreuze

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

Available translation(s): CHI ENG FRE ITA NYN

Heilge Kreuze sind die Verse,
Dran die Dichter stumm verbluten,
Blindgeschlagen von der Geier
Flatterndem Gespensterschwarme!

In den Leibern schwelgten Schwerter,
Prunkend in des Blutes Scharlach!
Heilge Kreuze sind die Verse,
Dran die Dichter stumm verbluten.

Tot das Haupt - erstarrt die Locken -
Fern, verweht der Lärm des Pöbels.
Langsam sinkt die Sonne nieder,
Eine rote Königskrone. -
Heilge Kreuze sind die Verse!

Authorship

by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905) [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, "Les croix", 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), "Die Kreuze", op. 21 no. 14 (1912), from Pierrot lunaire, no. 14. [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (Mimmi Fulmer) (Ric Merritt) , title 1: "Crosses", 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: 64