Moon, did you also see

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by Robert Eduard Prutz (1816 - 1872)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Mond, hast du auch gesehen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

(Das Mädchen spricht:)
 Mond, hast du auch gesehen,
   Wie mich mein Schatz geküßt?
 Frei muß ich dir gestehen,
   Daß mich das sehr verdrießt.
 
 Auch weiß ich nicht, wie eben
   Es gestern Abend kam,
 Ob ich ihn ihm gegeben,
   Ob er den Kuß sich nahm.

 Du mußt's nicht weiter sagen,
   Ich bitte dich darum,
 Wenn dich die Leute fragen,
   O lieber Mond, sei stumm!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• H. Dorn • A. von Geyso

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Confirmed with Robert Prutz, Buch der Liebe, Dritte Auflage, Leipzig: Verlag von Ernst Keil, 1874, page 48.

Note: The words "(Das Mädchen spricht:)" are not sung.

Text Authorship:

by Robert Eduard Prutz (1816 - 1872), no title, appears in Buch der Liebe, in 2. Zweites Buch, in Frühlingsliebe, no. 6 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Moon, did you also see

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The maiden speaks:
 Moon, did you also see
   How my darling kissed me?
 I must tell you quite frankly
   That that annoys me very much.
 
 As well, I do not know exactly
   How it happened yesterday evening,
 Whether I gave it to him,
   Or whether he took the kiss for himself.
 
 You must not spread the word,
   I beg you;
 When people ask you,
   Oh dear moon, remain mute!

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Translated titles:
"Das Mädchen spricht" = "The maiden speaks"
"Vertraulich" = "In confidence"
"Das Mädchen an den Mond" = "The maiden to the moon"
"Das Mädchen spricht zum Mond" = "The maiden speaks to the moon"
"Mond, hast du auch gesehen" = "Moon, did you also see"
"Mädchenlied" = "Maiden's song"
"Frühlingsliebe" = "Spring love"
"Des Mädchens Frage" = "The maiden's question"
"Launige Liebe" = "Jocose love"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Robert Eduard Prutz (1816 - 1872), no title, appears in Buch der Liebe, in 2. Zweites Buch, in Frühlingsliebe, no. 6
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