×
Attention! Some of this material is not in the public domain.
It is illegal to copy and distribute our copyright-protected material without permission. It is also illegal to reprint copyright texts or translations without the name of the author or translator.
To inquire about permissions and rates, contact Emily Ezust at
If you wish to reprint translations, please make sure you include the names of the translators in your email. They are below each translation.
Note: You must use the copyright symbol © when you reprint copyright-protected material.
by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)
Translation © by Ingrid Schmithüsen
Pantomime
Language: French (Français)
Pierrot, qui n'a rien d'un Clitandre, Vide un flacon sans plus attendre, Et, pratique, entame un pâté. Cassandre, au fond de l'avenue, Verse une larme méconnue Sur son neveu déshérité. Ce faquin d'Arlequin combine L'enlèvement de Colombine Et pirouette quatre fois. Colombine rêve, surprise De sentir un cœur dans la brise Et d'entendre en son cœur des voix.
Authorship
- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Pantomime", appears in Fêtes galantes, no. 2, first published 1869 [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 Gérard Condé (b. 1947), "Pantomime", 1973, published 2001 [ reciter and piano ], from Fêtes galantes, récitation accompagnée au piano, no. 5, Éd. Henry Lemoine [sung text not yet checked]
- by Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "Pantomime", L. 47/(31) (1881-2) [ voice and piano ], from Quatre chansons de jeunesse, no. 1, in Revue musicale, May 1926 ; later published Jobert, 1970 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Émile Durand (1830 - 1903), "Pantomime", published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Durand [sung text not yet checked]
- by T. Jousselin , "Pantomime", published 1904 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Grus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louise (or Lou) Koster (1889 - 1973), "Pantomime", [1955] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Raoul Laparra (1876 - 1943), "Pantomime", published 1927 [ voice and piano ], from Pastels, suite de mélodies sur des Fétes galantes , no. 1, Paris, Gallet [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fausto Magnani (1899 - ?), "Pantomime", published 1931 [ voice and piano ], from Quatre pièces impressionnistes, no. 2, Paris, Sénart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fernand Ochsé (1879 - 1944), "Pantomime", 1908, published 1913 [ voice and piano ], from Le Parc, no. 1, Berlin, Fürstner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli (1882 - 1949), "Pantomime", published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from Fêtes galantes, no. 4, Milan, Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]
- by Willem Pijper (1894 - 1947), "Pantomime", 1916, published 1947 [ mezzo-soprano and piano or orchestra ], from Fêtes galantes, no. 1, Amsterdam, Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adrien Remacle , "Pantomime", published 1907 [ voice and piano ], from Les fêtes galantes. Esquisses mélodiques sur les poèmes de Paul Verlaine, no. 3, Paris, Hachette [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kaikhosru Sorabji, born Leon Dudley Sorabji (1892 - 1988), "Pantomime", KSS 21 no. 3 (1919), published 1921, copyright © 1921, first performed 1921 [ voice and piano ], from Trois poèmes pour chant et piano, no. 3, London, London & Continental Music [sung text checked 2 times]
- by Jósef-Zygmunt Szulc (1875 - 1956), "Pantomime", published 1907 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Arthur Symons (1865 - 1945) , "Pantomime" ; composed by William Spencer Johnson.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Wolf von Kaickreuth, Graf (1887 - 1906) , "Pantomime" ; composed by Max Kowalski.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "啞劇", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Claycomb) (Peter Grunberg) , "Pantomime", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Charles Hopkins) , "Pantomime", written 2002, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Charles Hopkins) , "Pantomime", written c2005, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Ingrid Schmithüsen) , "Pantomime", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 58
Pantomime
Language: German (Deutsch) after the French (Français)
Pierrot, der nichts gemein hat mit Klitander, Leert ungeduldig ein Fläschchen Und, ganz passend, beißt er in ein Pâté. Cassander, am Ende der Avenue, Vergießt eine geringschätzige Träne Über seinen mißratenen Neffen. Dieser lausige Lümmel eines Harlekin Heckt die Entführung von Colombine aus Und wirbelt vier Mal im Kreis. Colombine träumt, verwundert, Im Windhauch eine Seele zu spüren, Stimmen in ihrem Herzen zu vernehmen.
Authorship
- Translation from French (Français) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2013 by Ingrid Schmithüsen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
Ingrid Schmithüsen. Contact: ingrid (DOT) schmithusen (AT) imzentrumlied (DOT) de
If you wish to commission a new translation, please contact:
- a text in French (Français) by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Pantomime", appears in Fêtes galantes, no. 2, first published 1869
This text was added to the website: 2013-05-29
Line count: 12
Word count: 64