Aan de maan (Simrock, set by (Johannes Brahms)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Karl Joseph Simrock (1802 - 1876)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

An den Mond

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): DUT ENG FRE

Silbermond mit bleichen Strahlen
pflegst du Wald und Feld zu malen,
gibst den Bergen, gibst den Talen 
der Empfindung Seufzer ein.

Sei Vertrauter meiner Schmerzen,
Segler in der Lüfte See:
Sag' ihr, die ich trag' im Herzen,
wie mich tötet Liebesweh.

Sag' ihr, über tausend Meilen
sehne sich mein Herz nach ihr.
»Keine Ferne kann es heilen,
nur ein holder Blick von dir.«

Sag' ihr, daß zu Tod getroffen
diese Hülle bald zerfällt;
nur ein schmeichlerisches Hoffen
sei's, das sie zusammenhält.

Authorship

by Karl Joseph Simrock (1802 - 1876), from Gedichte, Leipzig, first published 1844 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "An den Mond", op. 71 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 2 (1877), published 1877 [voice and piano], Berlin, Simrock [
text verified 1 time
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "To the moon", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "À la lune", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , title 1: "Aan de maan", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 81

Aan de maan

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

Zilv’ren maan, met bleke stralen
Pleeg je bos en veld te malen,
Geeft de bergen, geeft de dalen
Zuchten van ontroering mee.
 
Neem toch kennis van mijn smarten,
Zeiler op de luchtenzee:
Zeg haar die ik draag in ’t harte,
Hoe ik sterf van liefdeswee.
 
Zeg haar dat 'k met heel mijn wezen
Haar nog mis en van haar hou.
“Geen ver weg zijn kan ’t genezen,
Slechts een lieve blik van jou.”
 
Zeg haar, dat de dood komt slopen
Dit omhulsel, weldra koud;
Dat een zelfbedriegend hopen
’t Enkel nog tezamenhoudt.

Authorship

Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2014 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.
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Based on

a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Joseph Simrock (1802 - 1876), from Gedichte, Leipzig, first published 1844

This text was added to the website: 2014-04-18
Line count: 16
Word count: 92