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:
Based on:
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 [
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-16
Line count: 13
Word count: 42
Pierrot! My laughter
I've unlearned.
The image of splendor
Melted away.
To me the flag waves black
Now from the mast.
Pierrot! My laughter
I've unlearned.
O give me back--
Horse-doctor to the soul,
Snowman of Lyric,
Your Lunar Highness,
Pierrot! my laughter.
