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by Johann Gaudenz Freiherr von Salis-Seewis (1762 - 1834)
Translation © by Salvador Pila

Auf! es dunkelt
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Auf! es dunkelt;
Silbern funkelt
Dort der Mond ob Tannenhöhn!
Auf! und tanzt in froher Runde; 
Diese Stunde
Dämmert unbewölkt und schön!

Im Gewässer
Stralen blässer
Felsen, deren Roth verblich;
Und mit dunkelm Violette
Malt die Kette
Schroffer Schneegebirge sich.

Hüpft geschwinde
Um die Linde,
Die uns gelbe Blüten streut.
Laßt uns frohe Lieder singen,
Ketten schlingen,
Wo man traut die Hand sich beut.

Also schweben
Wir durchs Leben,
Leicht wie Rosenblätter, hin.
An den Jüngling, dunkelts bänger,
Schließt sich enger
Seine traute Nachbarin.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   F. Schubert 

F. Schubert sets stanzas 1, 3, 4

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Gedichte von J. G. von Salis. Gesammelt durch seinen Freund Friedrich Matthisson. Zürich, bey Orell, Gessner, Füssli und Compagnie. 1793, pages 67-68; with Gedichte von J.G. von Salis. Neue Auflage. Zürich, bey Orell Füßli und Compagnie. 1808, pages 17-18; and with Gedichte von J. G. von Salis. Neueste Auflage. Wien 1815. Bey B. Ph. Bauer, pages 16-17.

First published in a different version in Hamburger Musenalmanach 1789, see below.


Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Gaudenz Freiherr von Salis-Seewis (1762 - 1834), "Lied beim Rundetanz", written <<1786, first published 1789 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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

  • by August Harder (1775 - 1813), "Abendlied" [ vocal duet with guitar ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Zum Rundetanz", op. 17 no. 3, D 983B, published 1823, stanzas 1,3,4 [ vocal quartet for 2 tenors and 2 basses ], Cappi und Diabelli, VN 1176, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Louis [Ludwig] Spohr (1784 - 1859), "Lied beim Rundetanz", op. 37 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]

Set in a modified version by Joseph Martin Kraus.

    • Go to the text. [ view differences ]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Kom voor de rondedans", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Michael Berridge) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 84

Vinga! Es fa fosc
Language: Catalan (Català)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Vinga! Es fa fosc;
argentada centelleja
allà la lluna damunt les alçàries cobertes d’avets!
Vinga! Danseu en alegre rotllana;
aquesta hora
llostreja serena i magnífica!

A les aigües
resplendeixen més esblaimades
les roques de les que la vermellor ha empal•lidit,
i amb un fosc color violeta
es tenyeix la cadena
d’abruptes muntanyes nevades.

Saltironem lleugers
al voltant del til•ler
que escampa flors grogues damunt nostre.
Cantem alegres cançons,
tanquem la renglera
allà on amb confiança s’ofereixen les mans.

Així anem surant
per la vida,
lleugers com pètals de rosa.
Al jovencell, quan el seu ànim s’ofusca,
que se li atansi més a prop
la seva fidel veïna. 

About the headline (FAQ)

Translations of title(s):
"Zum Rundetanz" = "A la dansa en rotllana"
"Lied beim Rundetanz" = "Cançó per a la dansa en rotllana"
"Abendlied" = "Cançó de capvespre"


Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2019 by Salvador Pila, (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 Johann Gaudenz Freiherr von Salis-Seewis (1762 - 1834), "Lied beim Rundetanz", written <<1786, first published 1789
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website: 2019-06-02
Line count: 24
Word count: 107

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