by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776)
Die Mainacht See original
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wann der silberne Mond durch die Gesträuche blinkt,
Und sein schlummerndes Licht über den Rasen streut,
Und die Nachtigall flötet,
Wandl' ich traurig von Busch zu Busch.
...
Überhüllet von Laub, girret ein Taubenpaar
Sein Entzücken mir vor; aber ich wende mich,
Suche dunklere Schatten,
Und die einsame Thräne rinnt.
Wann, o lächelndes Bild, welches wie Morgenroth
Durch die Seele mir stralt, find' ich auf Erden dich?
Und die einsame Thräne
Bebt mir heisser die Wang' herab.
Composition:
- Set to music by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Die Mainacht", op. 43 (Vier Gesänge) no. 2, published 1869, stanzas 1,3-4 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann
Text Authorship:
- by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776), "Die Mainacht", written 1774, first published 1775
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Josef Jaroslav Kalina) , "Májová noc"
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De meinacht", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2019
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) (Tsippora Samberg) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) [singable] (Hamutal Atariah) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Notte di maggio", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "La notte di maggio", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Alvaro De la Cruz) , "La noche de mayo", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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