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by Theodor Storm (1817 - 1888)

Mondlicht
 (Sung text for setting by E. Boehe)
 Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Wie liegt im Mondenlichte
Begraben nun die Welt;
Wie selig ist der Friede,
Der sie umfangen hält! 

Die Winde müssen schweigen,
So sanft ist dieser Schein;
Sie säuseln nur und weben
Und schlafen endlich ein. 

Und was in Tagesgluten
Zur Blüte nicht erwacht,
Es öffnet seine Kelche
Und duftet in die Nacht. 

Wie bin ich solchen Friedens
Seit lange nicht gewohnt! 
Sei du in meinem Leben
Der liebevolle Mond!

Note: in the Wallnöfer autograph there is a typo in stanza 4, line 3, word 3 ("Seit" instead of "Sei")

Composition:

    Set to music by Ernst Adolf Boehe (1880 - 1938), "Mondlicht", op. 1 no. 5 (1900) [ voice, piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Theodor Storm (1817 - 1888), "Mondlicht"

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

  • ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La lumière de la lune", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Rohan Srinivasan [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 69

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