by (Borromäus Sebastian Georg) Karl Reginald Herloß (1804 - 1849), as Karl Herloss and sometimes misattributed to Ludwig Rellstab (1799 - 1860)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Nimm einen Strahl der Sonne,
Vom Abendstern das Licht,
Die Feuerglut des Aetna,
Die aus der Lava bricht:

Du hast, was mich erhellt
Und mich erwärmt und mich verklärt, -
Und was mein inn'res Leben
Bis in den Tod verzehrt!

Composition:

    Set to music by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Ihr Auge", alternate title: "Nimm einen Strahl der Sonne", S. 310 (1843-9), published 1860 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt

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

  • ENG English [singable] (Charles Fonteyn Manney) , "Take of the sun its radiance", first published 1911
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 39