by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud
Translation by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905)
Lune au lavoir
Language: French (Français)
Comme une pâle lavandière, Elle lave ses failles blanches, Ses bras d'argent hors de leurs manches, Au fil chantant de la rivière Les vents à travers la clairière Soufflent dans leurs flûtes sans anches. Comme une pâle lavandière Elle lave ses failles blanches La céleste et douce ouvrière Nouant sa jupe sur ses hanches, Sous le baiser frôlant des branches, Étend son linge de lumière, Comme une pâle lavandière.
Text Authorship:
- by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Lune au lavoir", 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) , "Eine blasse Wäscherin", appears in Pierrot lunaire, Berlin, Verlag Deutscher Phantasten, first published 1893 ; composed by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg, Otto Vrieslander.
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Line count: 13
Word count: 69
Eine blasse Wäscherin
Language: German (Deutsch) after the French (Français)
Eine blasse Wäscherin Wäscht zur Nachtzeit bleiche Tücher; Nackte, silberweiße Arme Streckt sie nieder in die Flut. Durch die Lichtung schleichen Winde, Leis bewegen sie den Strom. Eine blasse Wäscherin Wäscht zur Nachtzeit bleiche Tücher. Und die sanfte Magd des Himmels, Von den Zweigen zart umschmeichelt, Breitet auf die dunklen Wiesen ihre lichtgewobnen Linnen - Eine blasse Wäscherin.
Text Authorship:
- by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), "Eine blasse Wäscherin", 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, "Lune au lavoir", 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), "Eine blasse Wäscherin", op. 21 no. 4 (1912), from Pierrot lunaire, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Otto Vrieslander (1880 - 1950), "Eine blasse Wäscherin", 1905?, published 1905 [ medium voice and piano ], from Pierrot lunaire, Dichtungen von A. Giraud ins deutstche übertragen von O. E. Hartleben, no. 21, München, Heinrich Lewy [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "一位蒼白的洗衣婦", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Mimmi Fulmer) (Ric Merritt) , "A pale washerwoman", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Une lavandière pâle", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Una pallida lavandaia", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NYN Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Are Frode Søholt) , "Den bleike vaskarjenta", 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: 57