Gebet an Pierrot

 Pierrot! Mein Lachen
 Hab ich verlernt!
 Das Bild des Glanzes
 Zerfloß - Zerfloß!

 Schwarz weht die Flagge
 Mir nun vom Mast.
 Pierrot! Mein Lachen
 Hab ich verlernt!

 O gieb mir wieder,
 Roßarzt der Seele,
 Schneemann der Lyrik,
 Durchlaucht vom Monde,
 Pierrot - mein Lachen!

by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864-1905)

a text in French by Albert Giraud (1860-1929) , "Supplique"

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) , "Gebet an Pierrot", op. 21 no. 9 (1912), from Pierrot lunaire, no. 9.

NYN Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Are Frode Søholt)
ENG English (Mimmi Fulmer) (Ric Merritt)
ITA Italian (Ferdinando Albeggiani)

Date added to the website: 2003-11-16.

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Preghiera a Pierrot

Pierrot! Il riso
io l'ho disimparato!
L'immagine della luce,
Svanita - Svanita!

Nera la bandiera sventola
ora, per me, dall'asta.
Pierrot! Il riso
io l'ho disimparato!

Concedimelo ancora,
maniscalco dell'anima,
fantoccio di neve della lirica,
principe della Luna,
Pierrot - Il riso!

Translation from German to Italian copyright © 2009 by Ferdinando Albeggiani (f (DOT) albeggiani (AT) gmail (DOT) com), (re)printed on this website with kind permission. Please contact the copyright-holder when requesting permission to reprint.

a text in German by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864-1905) NYN ENG GER

a text in French by Albert Giraud (1860-1929) , "Supplique"

Date added to the website: 2009-11-02.