Tjuveri | Raude, fyrstelege rubinar

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by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905)

Translation © by Are Frode Søholt

Raub

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

Our translations: CHI ENG FRE ITA NYN

Rote, fürstliche Rubine,
Blutge Tropfen alten Ruhmes,
Schlummern in den Totenschreinen,
Drunten in den Grabgewolben.

Nachts, mit seinen Zechkumpanen,
Steigt Pierrot hinab - zu rauben
Rote, fürstliche Rubine,
Blutge Tropfen alten Ruhmes.

Doch da - strauben sich die Haare,
Bleiche Furcht bannt sie am Platze:
Durch die Finsternis - wie Augen! -
Stieren aus den Totenschreinen
Rote, fürstliche Rubine.

Text Authorship:

by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), "Raub", 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), "Pierrot voleur", 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 Max Kowalski (1882 - 1956), "Raub", op. 4 no. 2 (1913), published 1913 [ voice and piano ], from 12 Gedichte aus Pierrot lunaire, no. 2, Berlin, N. Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Raub", op. 21 no. 10 (1912), from Pierrot lunaire, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Otto Vrieslander (1880 - 1950), "Raub", 1905?, published 1905 [ low voice and piano ], from Pierrot lunaire, Dichtungen von A. Giraud ins deutstche übertragen von O. E. Hartleben, no. 37, München, Heinrich Lewy [sung text not yet checked]

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

CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "偷竊", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Mimmi Fulmer) (Ric Merritt) , "Theft", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Vol", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Rapina", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
NYN Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Are Frode Søholt) , "Tjuveri", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-16
Line count: 13
Word count: 55

Tjuveri

Language: Norwegian (Nynorsk) after the German (Deutsch)

Raude, fyrstelege rubinar,
blodsdropar frå kvorvne tider,
ligg i kistene og slumrar,
stille, djupt i katakombane.

Om natta kryp han, Pierrot
med sine svirbrør -- for å røve
raude, fyrstelege rubinar,
blodsdropar ifrå kvorvne tider.

Men då -- håra reiser seg,
bleik frykt naglar han til veggs:
Gjennom grueleg mørke -- som auge! --
stirar det frå kistene
raude, fyrstelege rubinar.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), "Raub", appears in Pierrot lunaire, Berlin, Verlag Deutscher Phantasten, first published 1893
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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), "Pierrot voleur", appears in Pierrot lunaire, first published 1884
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2008-03-28
Line count: 13
Word count: 57