Prends un rayon du soleil

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by (Borromäus Sebastian Georg) Karl Reginald Herloß (1804 - 1849), as Karl Herloss and sometimes misattributed to Ludwig Rellstab (1799 - 1860)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Nimm einen Strahl der Sonne

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Nimm einen Strahl der Sonne,
Vom Abendstern das Licht,
Die Feuerglut des Aetna,
Die aus der Lava bricht:

[Du hast, was mich erwärmet
Was mich erhebt und verklärt,]¹
Und was mein inn'res Leben
Bis in den Tod verzehrt!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• F. Liszt

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Confirmed with K. Herloßsohn's Gesammelte Schriften. Erste Gesammtausgabe. Band XI. Buch der Lieder, Prag: Verlag von J. L. Kober, 1868, page 203.

¹ Liszt: "Du hast, was mich erhellt/ Und mich erwärmt und mich verklärt, -"

Text Authorship:

by (Borromäus Sebastian Georg) Karl Reginald Herloß (1804 - 1849), as Karl Herloss, "Ihr Auge" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
sometimes misattributed to Ludwig Rellstab (1799 - 1860)

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

by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Ihr Auge", alternate title: "Nimm einen Strahl der Sonne", S. 310 (1843-9), published 1860 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English [singable] (Charles Fonteyn Manney) , "Take of the sun its radiance", first published 1911
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 39

Prends un rayon du soleil

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Prends un rayon du soleil,
La lumière d'une étoile du soir,
Le brasier de l'Etna,
Qui est brisé par la lave --

Tu as ce qui me réchauffe
Et m'éclaire et me transfigure, --
Et ce qui dévore mon âme
Jusqu'à la mort.

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Translation of title "Ihr Auge" = "Ses yeux"

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 by Guy Laffaille, (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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a text in German (Deutsch) by (Borromäus Sebastian Georg) Karl Reginald Herloß (1804 - 1849), as Karl Herloss, "Ihr Auge" and misattributed to Ludwig Rellstab (1799 - 1860)
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This text was added to the website: 2012-07-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 41