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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation by Georges Clerc (flourished c1881)

Der Mond ist aufgegangen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Der Mond ist aufgegangen
Und überstrahlt die [Welln]1;
Ich halte mein Liebchen umfangen,
Und unsre Herzen [schwelln]2.

Im Arm des holden Kindes
Ruh' ich allein am Strand;
"Was horchst du beim Rauschen des Windes?
Was zuckt deine weiße Hand?"

""Das ist kein Rauschen des Windes,
Das ist der Seejungfern [Gesang]3,
Und meine Schwestern sind es,
Die einst das Meer verschlang.""

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Confirmed with Buch der Lieder von Heinrich Heine, Berlin, A. Warschauers Verlag, 1827, page 90.

1 André: "Well'n"; Levi: "Wellen"
2 André: "schwell'n"; Levi: "schwellen"
3 Levi, Naumann: "Sang"

Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 9

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

  • ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 65

[No title]
 (Sung text for setting by A. Messager)
 Matches base text
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
La lune égrène en perles blondes
Son collier pâle sous les ondes.
Ma bien-aimée est dans mes bras,
Et nous parlons tous deux tous bas.

Ma bien-aimée écoute et songe
Et dans la nuit son regard plonge.
Est-ce le vent qui fait soudain
Trembler ainsi ta blanche main ?

"Non, ce n'est pas le vent," dit-elle,
"Ce n'est pas le vent qui m'appelle !
Mais ces voix qui montent dans l'air
Ce sont les vierges de la mer,
Mes sœurs depuis longtemps parties ;
Par l'Océan sombre englouties !"

Composition:

    Set to music by André Messager (1853 - 1929), no title, alternate title: "Clair de lune", 1884, published [1885] [ medium voice and piano ], from Nouveau Printemps, no. 4, from Quinze mélodies, no. 14, Paris, Éd. Enoch et Costallat

Text Authorship:

  • by Georges Clerc (flourished c1881), no title, appears in Mon videpoche, in 3. Traductions et variations d'après H. Heine, no. 3, Paris, Éd. P. Ollendorff, first published 1881

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 9
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-20
Line count: 14
Word count: 86

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