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Composer: Erich Korngold
Description: Pierrot in Marietta's troupe
Voice Part: baritone
Vocal Fach: lyric baritone
Arias:
Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen (Pierrot's Tanzlied) - from Act II. Range: 3C - 4F#/Gb    Extras: Translation into English by
Tanzlied, Pierrot's aria from Die Tote Stadt

Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen,	My yearning, my obsession,
es träumt sich zurück.		they take my back in dreams.
Im Tanze gewann ich,		In the dance I once obtained it,
verlor ich mein Glück.		Now I've lost my happiness.
Im Tanze am Rhein,		While dancing on the Rhein
bei Mondenschein, 		in the moonlight,
gestand mirs aus Blau-aug	she confessed to me with a loving
ein inniger Blick,		look in her blue eyes,
Gestand mirs ihr bittend Wort:	Confessed to me with her pleading words:
o bleib, o geh mir nicht fort,	O stay, don't go far away,
bewahre der Heimat		preserve the memory of your homeland's
still blühendes Glück.		peaceful, flourishing happiness.

Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen,	My yearning, my obsession,
es träumt sich zurück.		they take me back in dreams.
Zauber der Ferne		The magic of things far away
warf in die Seele den Brand,	brings a burning ot my soul
Zauber des Tanzes lockte,	The magic of the dance lured me,
ward Komödiant.			and I was then Pierrot.
Folgt ihr, der Wundersüssen,	I followed her, my wonderful sweetheart,
lernt unter Tränen küssen.	and learned from tears to kiss.
Rausch und Not,			Intoxication and misery,
Wahn und Glück:			Illusion and happiness:
Ach, das ist Gauklers Geschick.	Ah, this is a clown's destiny.

Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen,	My yearning, my obsession,
es träumt sich zurück.		they take me back in dreams.

Translated by Hank Hammert (DietHam@concentric.com)
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