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Klagen ist der Mond [gekommen]1 Vor der Sonne Angesicht, Soll ihm noch der Himmel frommen, Da du Glanz ihm nahmst und Licht? Seine Sterne ging er zählen, Und er will vor Leid vergehn: Zwei der schönsten Sterne fehlen, Die in Deinem Antlitz stehn.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Ferdinand Gregorovius, Wanderjahre in Italien, Erster Band, Figuren. Geschichte, Leben und Scenerie aus Italien, Vierte Auflage, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1874, page 309.
1 Sipergk: "gegangen"; further changes may exist not shown above.Text Authorship:
- by Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821 - 1891), no title, appears in Wanderjahre in Italien, in Toscanische Melodieen, no. 8 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "La luna s'è venuta a lamentare", appears in Canti popolari toscani. Raccolti e annotati da Giuseppe Tigri, Firenze, Barbera, first published 1856
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ernst Frank (1847 - 1889), "Klagen ist der Mond gekommen", op. 11 no. 1, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Zehn toscanische Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Mannheim, Sohler & D. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Jenner (1865 - 1920), "Klagen ist der Mond gekommen", op. 3 no. 3, published 1894 [ SSA chorus or vocal trio of three female voices with piano ], from Zwölf Gesänge für dreistimmigen Frauenchor (SSA) oder 3 einzelne Frauenstimmen mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Arno Kleffel (1840 - 1913), "Toskanisches Volkslied", op. 39 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Schneller , "Klagen ist der Mond gekommen", published 1894 [ voice and piano ], from Toscanische Melodien nach Ferd. Gregorovius für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, Heft 1, no. 4, Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard, Freiherr von Seldeneck (1831 - 1886), "Klagen ist der Mond gekommen", op. 111, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Baden-Baden, Sommermeyer [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. Sipergk , "Klagen ist der Mond gegangen", published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf toscanische Volkslieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Tyson Wolff (1840 - 1907), "Klagen ist der Mond gekommen", op. 29 no. 4, published 1886 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Zwölf toscanische Melodieen (nach Texten aus dem Volk), no. 4, Leipzig, (W. Dietrich.) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Klagen ist der Mond gekommen", op. 6 no. 2 (1898), published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Walzer Gesänge nach toskanischen Volksliedern von Ferdinand Gregorovius, no. 2, Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The moon has come lamenting", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La lune est venue se plaindre", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Enrico Magnani) , "Il lamento della luna", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfredo García) , "La luna se ha quejado", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 43
The moon has come lamenting before the gaze of the sun: What use to her1 are the heavens if you have taken away her radiance and light? She went to count her stars, and she will die for sorrow: two of the fairest stars are missing - those that belong to your face.
1 in German, the moon is masculine, but in English poetic tradition (and French), the moon is feminine.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821 - 1891), no title, appears in Wanderjahre in Italien, in Toscanische Melodieen, no. 8
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "La luna s'è venuta a lamentare", appears in Canti popolari toscani. Raccolti e annotati da Giuseppe Tigri, Firenze, Barbera, first published 1856
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 52