An den Mond

Siegwart
Heiliger, keuscher Mond!
   Sieh herab auf meine Leiden!
      Habe Mitleid, und erbarm dich meiner!
 
Weinend und todtenbleich
   Seh ich dich, du Kind des Himmels,
      Ringe meine Händ', und schmacht in Jammer.
 
Heiliger, keuscher Mond!
   Ach, ich lieb', ich lieb' ein Mädchen,
      Und sie weis [sic] es nicht, daß ich sie liebe!
 
Heilig und keusch wie du,
   Brennt ihr meine ganze Seele;
      Alle Heilige und Engel wissens!
 
Aber Sie weiß es nicht! --
   Gott im Himmel, laß mich sterben,
      Wenn du nicht für mich den Engel schufest!

Translation(s): ENG

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Confirmed with Johann Martin Miller, Siegwart. Eine Klostergeschichte, Faksimiledruck nach der Ausgabe von 1776, mit einem Nachwort von Alain Faure, Zweiter Band, Stuttgart: J.B. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1971, pages 618-619

Authorship

• by Johannes Martin Miller (1750 - 1814), "An den Mond", appears in Siegwart. Eine Klostergeschichte [ author's text checked 1 time]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750 - 1813), "An den Mond", published 1780 [voice and piano], from the collection Lieder und Gedichte aus dem Siegwart, no. 8, Leipzig und Halle, private publication (i.e., financed by the composer) [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "To the moon", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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To the moon

Holy, chaste moon!
   Gaze down upon my suffering!
      Take pity, and have mercy upon me!
 
Weeping and deathly pale
   I see you, you child of Heaven,
      I wring my hands, and languish in misery.
 
Holy, chaste moon!
   Ah I love, I love a maiden,
      And she does not know that I love her!
 
Holy and chaste as you,
   My entire soul burns for her;
      All saints and angels know it!
But she knows it not! --
   God in Heaven, let me die,
      If Thou didst not create that angel for me!

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Johannes Martin Miller (1750 - 1814), "An den Mond", appears in Siegwart. Eine Klostergeschichte
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Daniel Gottlob Türk. Go to the text.

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