Gemeinheit!
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the French (Français)
Available translation(s): CHI ENG FRE ITA NYN
In den blanken Kopf Cassanders,
Dessen Schrein die Luft durchzetert,
Bohrt Pierrot mit Heuchlermienen,
Zärtlich - einen Schädelbohrer!
Darauf stopft er mit dem Daumen
Seinen echten türkischen Taback
In den blanken Kopf Cassanders,
Dessen Schrein die Luft durchzetert!
Dann dreht er ein Rohr von Weichsel
Hinten in die glatte Glatze
Und behäbig schmaucht und pafft er
Seinen echten türkischen Taback
Aus dem blanken Kopf Cassanders!
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), "Gemeinheit!", op. 21 no. 16 (1912), from Pierrot lunaire, no. 16 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Otto Vrieslander (1880 - 1950), "Gemeinheit", 1905?, published 1905 [ low voice and piano ], from Pierrot lunaire, Dichtungen von A. Giraud ins deutstche übertragen von O. E. Hartleben, no. 9, München, Heinrich Lewy [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "卑鄙", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Mimmi Fulmer) (Ric Merritt) , "Practical joke", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Vulgarité", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Una canagliata!", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NYN Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Are Frode Søholt) , "Skurkestrek!", 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: 65
卑鄙
Language: Chinese (中文)  after the German (Deutsch)
插進卡桑德光亮的頭顱,
他的吶喊刺穿雲霄,
皮耶羅帶著偽善的表情,
溫柔地插進-一把鑿子!
然後他以大拇指 用力地
將他品質優良的土耳其煙草
塞進卡桑德光亮的頭顱,
他的吶喊刺穿雲霄!
然後他再將櫻桃木煙斗
扭進那顆平滑的後腦勺
接著 他恣意地抽吸著
他那品質優良的土耳其煙草
從卡桑德光亮的頭顱之中!
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This text was added to the website: 2010-03-01
Line count: 13
Word count: 15