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by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836)

In Mond erhellten Nächten
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
In [Mond erhellten]1 Nächten,
Mit dem Geschick' zu rechten,
Hat diese Brust verlernt.
Der Himmel, reich [besternt]2,
Umwoget mich mit Frieden.
Da denk' ich: Auch hienieden
Gedeihet manche Blume;
Und frischer schaut der stumme,
Sonst trübe Blick hinauf
[Zu ew'ger Sterne Lauf]3.

[Auf ihnen quälen Schmerzen,
Auf ihnen bluten Herzen]4 -
Sie aber strahlen heiter.
So schließ' ich selig weiter:
Auch unsre kleine Erde,
Voll Mißton und Gefährde,
Sich als ein heiter Licht
In's Diadem verflicht.
So werden Sterne
Durch die Ferne!

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Johann Mayrhofer. Wien. Bey Friedrich Volke. 1824, page 141.

1 Schubert: "monderhellten"
2 Schubert: "gestirnt"
3 Schubert (Neue Gesamtausgabe): "Zum ew'gen Sternenlauf"
4 Schubert: "Auf ihnen bluten Herzen,/ Auf ihnen quälen Schmerzen"

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Sternennächte" [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Die Sternennächte", op. posth. 165 (Fünf Lieder) no. 2, D 670 (1819), published 1862 [ voice, piano ], C. A. Spina, VN 9107-9118, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Les nits estelades", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De sterrennachten", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The starry nights", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Les nuits étoilées", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Le notti stellate", copyright © 2009, (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: 20
Word count: 81

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