Mon cœur est comme la nuit noire

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by Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Der Mond

(Sung text for setting by F. Mendelssohn)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT CHI DUT ENG FRE HEB LIT

Mein Herz ist wie die dunkle Nacht,
Wenn alle Wipfel rauschen;
Da steigt der Mond in voller Pracht
Aus Wolken sacht --
Und sieh, der Wald verstummt in tiefem Lauschen.

Der Mond, der lichte Mond bist du;
In deiner Liebesfülle
Wirf einen, einen Blick mir zu 
Voll Himmelsruh --
Und sieh, dies ungestüme Herz wird stille.

Composition:

Felix Mendelssohn

Text Authorship:

by Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Jugendgedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Lieder als Intermezzo, no. 13

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (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
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (Charles Tomlinson Griffes)
ENG English (Carl Johengen) , "My heart is like the dark night", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Ehud Shapiro) , "הירח", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Mon cœur est comme la nuit noire

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Mendelssohn)

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Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Mon cœur est comme la nuit noire,
Lorsque toutes les cimes frémissent ;
Alors dans toute sa splendeur la lune émerge
Doucement des nuages,
Et vois, la forêt se tait, toute à l'écoute.

La lune, tu es la lune claire:
De ta profusion d'amour
Jette sur moi un regard
Empli du calme du ciel,
Et vois, ce cœur fougueux se calme.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Jugendgedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Lieder als Intermezzo, no. 13
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