O white-faced mimes, May rose leaves Cover you Like crimson Snow. And may Pierrette, The faithful, Rest forever With Pierrot.
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First published in Messenger, September 1926.Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967), "For dead mimes" [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):
- by Robert Owens (1925 - 2017), "For dead mimes", op. 14 no. 5 [ soprano and piano ], from Heart on the Wall, no. 5, with a German translation by Erika Berghöfer-Engen [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Paridam von dem Knesebeck) (Eva Hesse) , "Den toten Mimen", appears in Mein dunklen Hände. Moderne Negerlyrik in Original und Nachdichtung, copyright ©
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This text was added to the website: 2010-10-26
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