A medianoche | A medianoche caminé, contra mi voluntad

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by José Miguel Llata

Um Mitternacht

(Sung text for setting by F. Hiller)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT CHI ENG FRE SPA

Um Mitternacht ging ich, nicht eben gerne,
Klein kleiner Knabe, jenen Kirchhof hin
Zu Vaters Haus, des Pfarrers; Stern an Sterne
Sie leuchteten doch alle gar zu schön;
    Um Mitternacht.

Wenn ich dann ferner in des Lebens Weite
Zur Liebsten mußte, mußte, weil sie zog,
Gestirn und Nordschein über mir im Streite,
Ich gehend, kommend Seligkeiten sog;
    Um Mitternacht.

Bis dann zu letzt des vollen Mondes Helle
So klar und deutlich mir ins Finst're drang,
Auch der Gedanke willig, sinnig, schnelle
Sich ums Vergangne wie ums Künftige schlang;
    Um Mitternacht.

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Ferdinand von Hiller

Text Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Um Mitternacht", appears in Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe, letzter Hand, Band III, in 1. Lyrisches

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "At midnight", copyright © 2013
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "À minuit", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (José Miguel Llata) , "A medianoche", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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A medianoche

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Hiller)

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Language: Spanish (Español) after the German (Deutsch)

A medianoche caminé, contra mi voluntad, 
siendo niño, bordeando el cementerio hacia 
la casa de mi padre, el párroco. Una constelación de estrellas 
centelleaba alrededor llena de belleza.
    A medianoche.
 
Cuando más tarde, en mi vida, 
tuve que ir tras de mi amada, seguirla en su camino,
Iba con los astros y la aurora boreal compitiendo 
sobre mi en la bóveda celeste, aspirando la dicha venidera.
    A medianoche.
 
Hasta el final, la luz de la luna llena, 
con claridad y nitidez me atravesaba en la oscuridad.
Mis pensamientos gratos, oportunos, raudos
me llevaban al pasado y al futuro.
    A medianoche.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Um Mitternacht", appears in Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe, letzter Hand, Band III, in 1. Lyrisches
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