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Füllest wieder Busch und Thal
Still mit Nebelglanz,
Lösest endlich auch einmal
Meine Seele ganz;
Breitest über mein Gefild
Lindernd deinen Blick,
Wie des Freundes Auge mild
Über mein Geschick.
Jeden Nachklang fühlt mein Herz
Froh- und trüber Zeit,
Wandle zwischen Freud' und Schmerz
In der Einsamkeit.
Fließe, fließe, lieber Fluß!
Nimmer werd' ich froh,
So verrauschte Scherz und Kuß,
Und die Treue so.
...
Rausche, Fluß, das Thal entlang,
Ohne Rast und Ruh,
Rausche, flüstre meinem Sang
Melodien zu,
Wenn du in der Winternacht
Wüthend überschwillst,
Oder um die Frühlingspracht
Junger Knospen quillst.
Selig, wer sich vor der Welt
Ohne Haß verschließt,
Einen Freund am Busen hält
Und mit dem genießt,
Was, von Menschen nicht gewußt
Oder nicht bedacht,
Durch das Labyrinth der Brust
Wandelt in der Nacht.
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-4,6-9 of the original text.
Note: The initial version of this poem, sent to Charlotte von Stein in March 1778, was not published by Goethe (see below).
Note for stanza 6, line 2: in one of Schubert's settings (D 296 only), this line is "Ohne Rast, und ohne Ruh".
Composition:
- Set to music by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "An den Mond", D 259 (1815), published 1850, stanzas 1-4,6-9 [ voice and piano ], first setting
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "An den Mond", written 1777, first published 1789
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (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) , "Aan de maan", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "You fill bush and valley again", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Alla luna", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 36
Word count: 150
You fill bush and valley again
quietly with a splendid mist
and finally set loose
entirely my soul.
You spread over my domain
gently your gaze,
as mildly as a friend's eye
over my fate.
Every echo my heart feels,
of happy and troubled times;
I alternate between joy and pain
in my solitude.
Flow, flow on, dear river!
Never shall I be cheerful,
so faded away have jokes and kisses become -
and faithfulness as well.
...
Murmur, river, beside the valley,
without rest and calm;
murmur on, whispering for my song
your melodies,
whenever you, on winter nights,
ragingly flood over,
or, in the splendor of spring,
help swell young buds.
Blissful is he who, away from the world,
locks himself without hate,
holding to his heart one friend
and enjoying with him
that which is unknown to most men
or never contemplated,
and which, through the labyrinth of the heart,
wanders in the night.
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-4,6-9 of the original text.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "An den Mond", written 1777, first published 1789
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Line count: 36
Word count: 171