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Thu 28 Sep, 2006 09:38 am
If you click the link below and scroll down to the song "The Carnival is over" there is a line "for pierre and columbine"
To whom or what does this refer?
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http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gary.hart/lyricss/seekers.html
Pierrot and Columbine from Google
Quote:they are names for two stock-character lovers in miming. That reveals how, in this song, they become symbols of two erstwhile lovers, lamenting the short-lived nature of their love, symbolized by the ephemeral nature of a carnival and the fling of two performing there as lovers.
They are characters of the Comedia del'arte. Some books were written about them, like Pierrot or the secrets of the night.
Pierrot loves Columbine but, as he works at night, he can hardly see her so Columbine's love for him fades away as she meets Arlequin, during the carnival...
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