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Auf! es dunkelt;
Silbern funkelt
Dort der Mond ob Tannenhöhn!
Auf! und tanzt in froher Runde;
Diese Stunde
Dämmert unbewölkt und schön!
...
Hüpft geschwinde
Um die Linde,
Die uns gelbe Blüten streut.
Laßt uns frohe Lieder singen,
Ketten schlingen,
Wo man traut die Hand sich beut.
Also schweben
Wir durchs Leben,
Leicht wie Rosenblätter, hin.
An den Jüngling, dunkelts bänger,
Schließt sich enger
Seine traute Nachbarin.
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3,4 of the original text.
First published in a different version in Hamburger Musenalmanach 1789, see below.
Composition:
- Set to music by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Zum Rundetanz", op. 17 no. 3, D 983B, published 1823, stanzas 1,3,4 [ vocal quartet for 2 tenors and 2 basses ], Cappi und Diabelli, VN 1176, Wien
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Gaudenz Freiherr von Salis-Seewis (1762 - 1834), "Lied beim Rundetanz", written <<1786, first published 1789
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Kom voor de rondedans", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael Berridge) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Kom! Het donkert;
zilv'rig fonkelt
Daar de maan bij de sparrenbaai!
Kom! En dans in blije ronden;
Deze stonde
Schemert onbewolkt en fraai!
...
Hup met vrinden
om de linde,
Die met gele bloesems prijkt.
Laat ons leuke lied'ren zingen,
Maken kringen,
Waarin vriendenhand men reikt.
Aldus zweven
wij door 't leven,
Licht als rozenblaadjes gaan.
Bij de jonkman, als 't wordt grauwer,
Sluit zich nauwer
Dan zijn lieve buurvrouw aan.
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3,4 of the original text.
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2010 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Gaudenz Freiherr von Salis-Seewis (1762 - 1834), "Lied beim Rundetanz", written <<1786, first published 1789
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