Wish and greeting | If only there could always be moonlight!

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by Wilhelmine Mylius

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wunsch und Gruss

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Wenn immer doch Mondschein blieb!
Ich blickt' all' Abend so gerne,
In den Mond und die goldnen Sterne,
Und dächte dabei in die Ferne:
Gut' Nacht, gut' Nacht, mein Lieb!--
 
  Wenn immer doch Mondschein blieb!
Und sommr'ge 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! --

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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

Text Authorship:

by Wilhelmine Mylius , "Wunsch und Gruß" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Wish and greeting

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  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 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! --

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This text was added to the website: 2016-02-09
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