Der Maimond ist am schimmern, Lieb

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by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

A night song

(Sung text for setting by C. Ives)

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Language: English

Our translations: FRE GER

The young May moon is beaming; love,
The glow-worm's lamp is gleaming, love,
        How sweet to rove
        Through Morna's grove,
When the drowsy world is dreaming, love!
Then awake! The heavens look bright, my dear,
'Tis never too late for delight,  ... 
        And best of all ways
        To lengthen  ...  days
Is to steal a few hours from the night, my my dear,
When the drowsy world is dreaming, love!

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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 1 of the original text.

Composition:

Charles Edward Ives

Sentimental Ballads

Text Authorship:

by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852), "The young May Moon", appears in Irish Melodies

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La jeune lune de mai", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 130

Ein Nachtlied

(Sung text translation for setting by C. Ives)

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Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Der Maimond ist am schimmern, Lieb,
Glühwürmchens Lampen flimmern, Lieb,
Ich streif’ allein
durch Mornas Hain,
und ihr träumt in stillen Zimmern, Lieb!
So wach auf! Mondhell ist es just, mein Lieb,
und niemals zu spät für die Lust, mein Lieb,
denn für alle, die wir
wollen alt werden hier,
ist die Nacht, die zum Tag, kein Verlust, mein Lieb!

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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 1 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

Translation from English to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2018 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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a text in English by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852), "The young May Moon", appears in Irish Melodies
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