Raub
German source:
Otto Erich Hartleben
Blutge Tropfen alten Ruhmes,
Schlummern in den Totenschreinen,
Drunten in den Grabgewolben.
Nachts, mit seinen Zechkumpanen,
Steigt Pierrot hinab - zu rauben
Rote, fürstliche Rubine,
Blutge Tropfen alten Ruhmes.
Doch da - strauben sich die Haare,
Bleiche Furcht bannt sie am Platze:
Durch die Finsternis - wie Augen! -
Stieren aus den Totenschreinen
Rote, fürstliche Rubine.
Robbery
(1996)
English translation ©
Roger Marsh
Bloody drops of ancient glory,
Slumber in the burial caskets
Down there in the vaulted graveyard.
Night ..... and with his drunken cronies,
Down comes Pierrot to plunder
Priceless, exquisite, red rubies;
Bloody drops of ancient glory.
But ... then .. all their hair stands upright,
White with fear they’re fixed to the spot.
Through the murky gloom, like eyeballs,
staring from the burial baskets,
Priceless, red exquisite rubies.
Raub
German source:
Otto Erich Hartleben
Robbery (1996)
English source:
Roger Marsh
Rote, fürstliche Rubine,
Priceless, red exquisite rubies,
Blutge Tropfen alten Ruhmes,
Bloody drops of ancient glory,
Schlummern in den Totenschreinen,
Slumber in the burial caskets
Drunten in den Grabgewolben.
Down there in the vaulted graveyard.
Nachts, mit seinen Zechkumpanen,
Night ..... and with his drunken cronies,
Steigt Pierrot hinab - zu rauben
Down comes Pierrot to plunder
Rote, fürstliche Rubine,
Priceless, exquisite, red rubies;
Blutge Tropfen alten Ruhmes.
Bloody drops of ancient glory.
Doch da - strauben sich die Haare,
But ... then .. all their hair stands upright,
Bleiche Furcht bannt sie am Platze:
White with fear they’re fixed to the spot.
Durch die Finsternis - wie Augen! -
Through the murky gloom, like eyeballs,
Stieren aus den Totenschreinen
staring from the burial baskets,
Rote, fürstliche Rubine.
Priceless, red exquisite rubies.
Composer
Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg or Schönberg was an Austrian composer, music theorist, and painter. He was associated with the expressionist movement in German poetry and art, and leader of the Second Viennese School.
