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by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724 - 1803)

Die frühen Gräber
 (Sung text for setting by M. von Kralik)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Willkommen, o silberner Mond,
Schöner, stiller Gefährt der Nacht!
Du entfliehst? Eile nicht, bleib, Gedankenfreund!
Sehet, er bleibt, das Gewölk wallte nur hin.

Des Mayes Erwachen ist nur
Schöner noch wie die Sommernacht,
Wenn ihm Thau, hell wie Licht, aus der Locke träuft,
Und zu dem Hügel herauf röthlich er kommt.

Ihr Edleren, ach es bewächst
Eure Maale schon ernstes Moos!
O, wie war glücklich ich, als ich noch mit euch
Sahe sich röthen den Tag, schimmern die Nacht.

Composition:

    Set to music by Mathilde von Kralik (1857 - 1944), "Die frühen Gräber", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Jugend-Lieder, no. 11, Wien : Albert J. Gutmann

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724 - 1803), "Die frühen Gräber", written 1764

See other settings of this text.

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De graven in de vroegte", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The early graves", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Les tombes anciennes", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 85

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