Pierrot | Dans un rayon de lune fantasque

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by Felix Hausdorff (1868 - 1942), as Paul Mongré

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Pierrot Dandy

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

Our translations: FRE

Im phantast'schen Mondenstrahle
[Funkeln]¹ Fläschchen und Krystalle.
Vor dem Waschtisch schmückt der fahle
[Dandy Pierrot]² sich zum Balle.

Wasserstrahl in seiner Schale
Klirrt gleich singendem Metalle.
Im phantast'schen Mondenstrahle
[Funkeln]¹ Fläschchen und Krystalle.

Pierrot, statt daß auf die schmale
Bleiche Lippe er das dralle
Rot des frischen Lebens male,
Schminkt sich, daß er Ihr gefalle,
Mit phantast'schem Mondenstrahle.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• J. Marx

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Confirmed with Felix Hausdorff, Gesammelte Werke, Band VIII Literarisches Werk, ed. by Friedrich Vollhardt and Udo Roth, Springer, Berlin, 2011, page 134, and respectively, Paul Mongré, Ekstasen, Hermann Seemann Nachfolger, Leipzig, 1900, page 131.

¹ Marx: "blitzen"
² Marx: "Pierrot Dandy"

Text Authorship:

by Felix Hausdorff (1868 - 1942), as Paul Mongré, "Pierrot Dandy" [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, "Pierrot Dandy", 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 Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Pierrot Dandy", 1909, published 1910 [high voice and piano], in Lieder und Gesänge, I. Folge, Nr.20 [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Pierrot", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-11
Line count: 13
Word count: 61

Pierrot

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

Dans un rayon de lune fantasque
Brillent les flacons et les cristaux,
Devant le lavabo le pâle Pierrot
Dandy se pare la figure.

Le jet d'eau dans sa vasque
Résonne comme un chant métallique.
Dans un rayon de lune fantasque
Brillent les flacons et les cristaux.

Pierrot sur ses minces
Lèvres pâles il peint à la place du
Rouge vif de la vie fraîche,
Il se maquille, comme il lui plaît,
D'un rayon de lune fantasque.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Felix Hausdorff (1868 - 1942), as Paul Mongré, "Pierrot Dandy"
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

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

This text was added to the website: 2012-06-09
Line count: 13
Word count: 76