Der kranke Mond | Du nächtig todeskranker Mond

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

Translation by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905)

Lune malade

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

O Lune, nocturne phtisique,
Sur le noir oreiller des cieux,
Ton immense regard fièvreux
M'attire comme une musique!

Tu meurs d'un amour chimérique,
Et d'un désir silencieux,
O Lune, nocturne phtisique,
Sur le noir oreiller des cieux!

Mais 'dans sa volupté physique
L'amant qui passe insoucieux
Prend pour des rayons gracieux
Ton sang blanc et mélancolique,
O Lune, nocturne phtisique!

Text Authorship:

by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Lune malade", 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) , "Der kranke Mond", appears in Pierrot lunaire, Berlin, Verlag Deutscher Phantasten, first published 1893 ; composed by Ferdinand Pfohl, Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg, Otto Vrieslander.

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "The consumptive moon", copyright © 2018, (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: 60

Du nächtig todeskranker Mond

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

Our translations: CHI ENG FRE ITA NYN

Du nächtig todeskranker Mond
Dort auf des Himmels schwarzem Pfühl,
Dein Blick, so fiebernd übergroß,
Bannt mich wie fremde Melodie.

An unstillbarem Liebesleid
Stirbst du, an Sehnsucht, tief erstickt,
Du nächtig todeskranker Mond
Dort auf des Himmels schwarzem Pfühl.

Den Liebsten, der im Sinnenrausch
Gedankenlos zur Liebsten schleicht,
Belustigt deiner Strahlen Spiel -
Dein bleiches, qualgebornes Blut,
Du nächtig todeskranker Mond.

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Text Authorship:

by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), "Der kranke Mond", 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 malade", 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 Ferdinand Pfohl (1862 - 1949), "Elegie", op. 4 no. 3, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], from Mondrondels. Phantastische Scenen aus "Pierrot Lunaire" von A. Giraud, für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Der kranke Mond", op. 21 no. 7 (1912), from Pierrot lunaire, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Otto Vrieslander (1880 - 1950), "Der kranke Mond", 1905?, published 1905 [ high voice and piano ], from Pierrot lunaire, Dichtungen von A. Giraud ins deutstche übertragen von O. E. Hartleben, no. 43, München, Heinrich Lewy [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Mimmi Fulmer) (Ric Merritt) , "The sick moon", 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: 60