Dein Silber schien
Language: German (Deutsch)
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Dein Silber schien
Durch Eichengrün,
Das Kühlung gab,
Auf mich herab,
O Mond, und lachte Ruh
Mir frohen Knaben zu.
Wenn itzt dein Licht
Durchs Fenster bricht,
Lachts keine Ruh
Mir Jüngling zu,
Siehts meine Wange blaß,
Mein Auge thränennaß.
Bald, lieber Freund,
Ach, bald bescheint
Dein Silberschein
Den Leichenstein,
Der meine Asche birgt,
Des Jünglings Asche birgt!
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Confirmed with Gedichte von Ludewig Heinrich Christoph Hölty. Besorgt durch seine Freunde Friederich Leopold Grafen zu Stolberg und Johann Heinrich Voß. Carlsruhe, bey Christian Gottlieb Schmieder, 1784, page 100; and with Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty's Sämtliche Werke kritisch und chronologisch herausgegeben von Wilhelm Michael, Erster Band, Weimar, Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen, 1914, page 128.
Note: Hölty's poem, initially with the title "An den Mond", was published by Johann Heinrich Voß in a revised version, with the title "Klage".
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Word count: 66
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Your silveriness shone
Through the green of the oaks,
Which poured coolness
Down upon me,
Oh moon, and smiled peace
To me, the happy lad.
When your light now
Shines through the window,
It smiles no peace
To me, the lad,
It sees my cheek pale,
My eyes wet with tears.
Soon, dear friend,
Ah, soon, your silver
Shall illuminate
The gravestone
That holds my ashes,
Holds the ashes of the young lad!
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Translations of title(s):
"Mond" = "Moon"
"Klage an den Mond" = "Lament to the moon"
"Klage" = "Lament"
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