Eine blasse Wäscherin
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the French (Français)
Available translation(s): CHI ENG FRE ITA NYN
Eine blasse Wäscherin
Wäscht zur Nachtzeit bleiche Tücher;
Nackte, silberweiße Arme
Streckt sie nieder in die Flut.
Durch die Lichtung schleichen Winde,
Leis bewegen sie den Strom.
Eine blasse Wäscherin
Wäscht zur Nachtzeit bleiche Tücher.
Und die sanfte Magd des Himmels,
Von den Zweigen zart umschmeichelt,
Breitet auf die dunklen Wiesen
ihre lichtgewobnen Linnen -
Eine blasse Wäscherin.
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), "Eine blasse Wäscherin", op. 21 no. 4 (1912), from Pierrot lunaire, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Otto Vrieslander (1880 - 1950), "Eine blasse Wäscherin", 1905?, published 1905 [ medium voice and piano ], from Pierrot lunaire, Dichtungen von A. Giraud ins deutstche übertragen von O. E. Hartleben, no. 21, München, Heinrich Lewy [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "一位蒼白的洗衣婦", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Mimmi Fulmer) (Ric Merritt) , "A pale washerwoman", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Une lavandière pâle", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Una pallida lavandaia", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NYN Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Are Frode Søholt) , "Den bleike vaskarjenta", 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: 58
A pale washerwoman
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
A pale washerwoman
Washes faded garments at nighttime.
Naked, silver-white arms
She stretches down into the flood.
Breezes tiptoe through the clearing,
Lightly ruffle the stream.
A pale washerwoman
Washes faded garments at nighttime.
And the gentle maid of heaven,
Softly fondled by the boughs,
Spreads her linen spun from moonbeams
Across the dusky meadows-
A pale washerwoman.
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Mimmi Fulmer and Ric Merritt, (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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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), "Eine blasse Wäscherin", appears in Pierrot lunaire, Berlin, Verlag Deutscher Phantasten, first published 1893
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-16
Line count: 13
Word count: 59