Finstre, schwarze Riesenfalter
Language: German (Deutsch) after the French (Français)
Our translations: CHI ENG FRE ITA NYN
Finstre, schwarze Riesenfalter
Töteten der Sonne Glanz.
Ein geschlossnes Zauberbuch,
Ruht der Horizont - verschwiegen.
Aus dem Qualm verlorner Tiefen
Steigt ein Duft, Erinnrung mordend!
Finstre, schwarze Riesenfalter
Töteten der Sonne Glanz.
Und vom Himmel erdenwärts
Senken sich mit schweren Schwingen
Unsichtbar die Ungetume
Auf die Menschenherzen nieder...
Finstre, schwarze Riesenfalter.
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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 Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Nacht (Passacaglia)", op. 21 no. 8 (1912), from Pierrot lunaire, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Otto Vrieslander (1880 - 1950), "Nacht", 1905?, published 1905 [ medium voice and piano ], from Pierrot lunaire, Dichtungen von A. Giraud ins deutstche übertragen von O. E. Hartleben, no. 35, München, Heinrich Lewy [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "夜 (巴沙加牙舞曲)", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Mimmi Fulmer) (Ric Merritt) , "Night", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Nuit", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Notte (Passacaglia)", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NYN Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Are Frode Søholt) , "Natt", 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: 50
Nuit
Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)
Des papillons géants sinistres, noirs
Font mourir l'éclat du soleil.
Comme un livre de magie fermé
Repose l'horizon -- muet.
D'une épaisse fumée venue des profondeurs
Un parfum s'élève, détruisant la mémoire !
Des papillons géants sinistres, noirs
Font mourir l'éclat du soleil.
Et du ciel vers la terre
Descendent avec leurs lourdes ailes,
Invisibles, les monstres
Sur le cœur des hommes en bas...
Des papillons géants sinistres, noirs.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2012-04-16
Line count: 13
Word count: 67
