First serenade | Awake, beloved shepherd!

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by August Gottlieb Meißner (1753 - 1807)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wach auf, geliebter Schläfer!

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Wach auf, geliebter Schläfer! 
Wach auf, die Liebe ruft.
Weckt dich die Silberstimme,
Weckt dich der Rosenfittig
Der holden Göttinn nicht?

Durch stiller Schatten Dunkel
Sucht einsam dich mein Blick;
Streckt einsam meine Rechte
Sich hin nach dir, du Trauter!
Wach auf, die Liebe ruft!

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with A.G. Meißners sämmtliche Werke, Dritter Band, Theater, Dritter Theil, Wien: in Commission bey Anton Doll, 1813, page 22.

Text Authorship:

by August Gottlieb Meißner (1753 - 1807), no title, appears in Das Grab des Mufti; oder Die zwey Geizigen: Eine komische Oper in zwey Akten [author's text checked 2 times 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 Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748 - 1798), "Erste Serenate", published 1777 [ voice and piano ], from Serenaten beym Klavier zu singen, no. 1, Leipzig: Zu finden in der Dykischen Buchhandlung [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "First serenade", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-06-25
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Word count: 45

First serenade

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Awake, beloved shepherd!
Awake, love is calling.
Does not the silvery voice,
Does not the rosy wing
Of the lovely goddess awaken you?

Through the darkness of silent shadows,
Lonely, my gaze seeks you;
Lonely, my right hand stretches
Out to you, beloved!
Awake, love is calling!

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by August Gottlieb Meißner (1753 - 1807), no title, appears in Das Grab des Mufti; oder Die zwey Geizigen: Eine komische Oper in zwey Akten
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This text was added to the website: 2018-12-08
Line count: 10
Word count: 47