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Wenn immer doch Mondschein blieb! Ich blickt' [all']1 Abend so [gerne,]2 In den Mond und die goldnen [Sterne,]3 Und dächte dabei in die Ferne: Gut' Nacht, gut' Nacht, mein Lieb!-- Wenn immer doch Mondschein blieb! Und [sommr'ge]4 Abendmilde! Und dem Herzen die schönen Gebilde! Wie froh grüß' ich über Gefilde: Gut' Nacht, gut' Nacht, mein Lieb!-- Wenn immer doch Mondschein blieb! Wie flimmerts am Himmelsraume, Wie zittert's im Wasser-Schaume, Wie lispelt's so halb im Traume: Gut' Nacht, gut' Nacht, mein Lieb! --
N. Stollewerk sets stanzas 1-2
Confirmed with Deutsches Dichterbuch. Eine Sammlung der besten und kernhaftesten deutschen Gedichte aus allen Jahrhunderten, herausgegeben von Ludwig Bechstein, Leipzig: Georg Wigands Verlag, [1844], page 715
1 Stollewerk: "alle"2 Stollewerk: "gern'"
3 Stollewerk: "Stern'"
4 Stollewerk: "sonnige"
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelmine Mylius , "Wunsch und Gruß" [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 Louis Bödecker (1845 - 1899), "Wunsch und Gruss", op. 17 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Dresel (1826 - 1890), "Wunsch und Gruss", 1850 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nina (Anna) Stollewerk (1825 - 1914), "Wunsch und Gruß", op. 6 no. 2, published 1847, stanzas 1-2 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Diabelli und Co. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Eduard Carl August) Ernst Wettig-Weissenborn (1868 - 1946), "Wunsch und Gruss", op. 95, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Bremen, Fischer [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Wish and greeting", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2008-04-11
Line count: 15
Word count: 86
If only there could always be moonlight! Every evening I would gaze so gladly Up to the moon and the golden stars And would send my thoughts out into the distance: Good night, good night, my love! -- If only there could always be moonlight! And [summery]1 mildness of evening! And for the heart, the beautiful images! How joyfully I send greetings across the realm: Good night, good night, my love! -- If only there could always be moonlight! How it glimmers in the firmament of the sky, How it shivers in the foam on the water, How it whispers half in dreams: Good night, good night, my love! --
1 Stollewerk: "sunny"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2016 by Sharon Krebs, (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 Wilhelmine Mylius , "Wunsch und Gruß"
This text was added to the website: 2016-02-09
Line count: 15
Word count: 109