Gemeinheit!
Language: German (Deutsch) after the French (Français)
Our translations: CHI ENG FRE ITA NYN
In den blanken Kopf Cassanders,
Dessen Schrein die Luft durchzetert,
Bohrt Pierrot mit Heuchlermienen,
Zärtlich - einen Schädelbohrer!
Darauf stopft er mit dem Daumen
Seinen echten türkischen Taback
In den blanken Kopf Cassanders,
Dessen Schrein die Luft durchzetert!
Dann dreht er ein Rohr von Weichsel
Hinten in die glatte Glatze
Und behäbig schmaucht und pafft er
Seinen echten türkischen Taback
Aus dem blanken Kopf Cassanders!
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), "Gemeinheit!", op. 21 no. 16 (1912), from Pierrot lunaire, no. 16 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Otto Vrieslander (1880 - 1950), "Gemeinheit", 1905?, published 1905 [ low voice and piano ], from Pierrot lunaire, Dichtungen von A. Giraud ins deutstche übertragen von O. E. Hartleben, no. 9, München, Heinrich Lewy [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "卑鄙", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Mimmi Fulmer) (Ric Merritt) , "Practical joke", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Vulgarité", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Una canagliata!", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NYN Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Are Frode Søholt) , "Skurkestrek!", 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: 64
Vulgarité
Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)
Dans le chef brillant de Cassandre
Dont les cris transpercent l'air,
Pierrot perce avec un air hypocrite,
Délicatement -- un trépan !
Ensuite il bourre avec son pouce
Son tabac turc authentique
Dans le chef brillant de Cassandre
Dont les cris transpercent l'air.
Puis il visse un tuyau de merisier
À l'arrière de la tête chauve et lisse
Et à l'aise fume à grosse bouffées
Son tabac turc authentique
Dans le chef brillant de Cassandre.
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: 2012-04-17
Line count: 13
Word count: 73
