斬首 | 月亮，一把閃爍的土耳其彎刀

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by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905)

Translation © by Yen-Chiang Che

Enthauptung

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

Our translations: CHI ENG FRE ITA NYN

Der Mond, ein blankes Türkenschwert
Auf einem schwarzen Seidenkissen,
Gespenstisch groß - dräut er hinab
Durch schmerzendunkle Nacht.

Pierrot irrt ohne Rast umher
Und starrt empor in Todesängsten
Zum Mond, dem blanken Türkenschwert
Auf einem schwarzen Seidenkissen.

Es schlottern unter ihm die Knie,
Ohnmächtig bricht er jäh zusammen.
Er wähnt: es sause strafend schon
Auf seinen Sünderhals hernieder
Der Mond, das blanke Türkenschwert.

Confirmed with Die Lyrik des Auslandes in neuerer Zeit, ed. Hans Bethge, Leipzig: Max Hesses Verlag, 1907, pages 22-23

Text Authorship:

by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), "Enthauptung", appears in Pierrot lunaire [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Décollation", 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 Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Enthauptung", op. 21 no. 13 (1912), from Pierrot lunaire, no. 13 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Otto Vrieslander (1880 - 1950), "Enthauptung", 1905?, published 1905 [ medium voice and piano ], from Pierrot lunaire, Dichtungen von A. Giraud ins deutstche übertragen von O. E. Hartleben, no. 15, München, Heinrich Lewy [sung text not yet checked]

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

CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "斬首", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Mimmi Fulmer) (Ric Merritt) , "Beheading", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Décapitation", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Decapitazione", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
NYN Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Are Frode Søholt) , "Halshugging", 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: 62

斬首

Language: Chinese (中文) after the German (Deutsch)

月亮，一把閃爍的土耳其彎刀
在黑色的絲質軟墊上，
像幽靈一般巨大－降下威脅
穿過悲傷而陰暗的夜晚

皮耶羅不停地遊蕩著
帶著死亡的苦惱向天上凝視
對著月亮，一把閃爍的土耳其彎刀
在黑色的絲質軟墊上。

他的膝蓋不停地顫抖，
突然之間他陷入昏迷。
他想著：懲罰完成了
它已經衝過他那罪孽深重的頸項
月亮，一把閃爍的土耳其彎刀。

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), "Enthauptung", appears in Pierrot lunaire
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Based on:

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

This text was added to the website: 2010-03-01
Line count: 13
Word count: 13