by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929)
Translation by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905)
Supplique
Language: French (Français)
Pierrot! Le ressort du rire, Entre mes dents je l'ai cassé: Le clair décor s'est effacé Dans un mirage à la Shakespeare. Au mât de mon triste navire Un pavillon noir est hissé: O Pierrot! Le ressort du rire, Entre mes dents je l'ai cassé. Quand me rendras-tu, porte-lyre, Guérisseur de l'esprit blessé, Neige adorable du passé, Face de Lune, blanc messire, O Pierrot! le ressort du rire?
Text Authorship:
- by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), "Supplique", 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) , "Gebet an Pierrot", appears in Pierrot lunaire, Berlin, Verlag Deutscher Phantasten, first published 1893 ; composed by Max Kowalski, Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg, Ernest Vietor, Otto Vrieslander.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-16
Line count: 13
Word count: 68
Gebet an Pierrot
Language: German (Deutsch) after the French (Français)
Pierrot! Mein Lachen Hab ich verlernt! Das Bild des Glanzes Zerfloß - Zerfloß! Schwarz weht die Flagge Mir nun vom Mast. Pierrot! Mein Lachen Hab ich verlernt! O gieb mir wieder, Roßarzt der Seele, Schneemann der Lyrik, Durchlaucht vom Monde, Pierrot - mein Lachen!
Text Authorship:
- by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), "Gebet an Pierrot", 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), "Supplique", 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 Max Kowalski (1882 - 1956), "Gebet an Pierrot", op. 4 no. 1 (1913), published 1913 [ voice and piano ], from 12 Gedichte aus Pierrot lunaire, no. 1, Berlin, N. Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Gebet an Pierrot", op. 21 no. 9 (1912), from Pierrot lunaire, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernest Vietor (flourished 1905-1930), "Gebet an Pierrot", op. 5 (Five Songs) no. 4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Vrieslander (1880 - 1950), "Gebet an Pierrot", 1905?, published 1905 [ medium voice and piano ], from Pierrot lunaire, Dichtungen von A. Giraud ins deutstche übertragen von O. E. Hartleben, no. 1, confirmed with Strandgut. Münchner literarisch-künsterlische Monatsschrift, 20. April 1905, pp. 59-60 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "向皮耶羅祈禱", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Mimmi Fulmer) (Ric Merritt) , "Prayer to Pierrot", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Prière à Pierrot", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Preghiera a Pierrot", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NYN Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Are Frode Søholt) , "Bøn til Pierrot", 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: 42