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Des Mondes [Silberblume]1 lacht, Und ruft mit seelenvollem Blick In unsre düstre Erdennacht Der Liebe Paradies zurück. Vom mächt'gen Arm des Schlafs besiegt, [Entschlummert Sorge, Noth]2 und Pein, Das Zarte nur und Schöne fliegt Entfesselt in den [Freudenreihn]3. Doch seht! die Fluren sind vertauscht, Das ist die alte Erde nicht, [Ein Feengarten,]4 duftumrauscht, Voll Nebelschmelz und Zauberlicht. [Der Busen athmet leicht und frei, Von roher Lebenslast befreit, Und]5 trinkt in stiller Schwärmerei Des Himmels volle Seligkeit. Doch mahnt das Lied der Nachtigall An seine Welt das weiche Herz. - In aller Wonne weckt [ihr]6 Schall Den tiefsten Schmerz - der Liebe Schmerz!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von Franz von Schober. Stuttgart und Tübingen. J. G. Cotta'scher Verlag. 1842, page 42; and with Gedichte von Franz von Schober. Zweite, vermehrte Auflage. Leipzig Verlagsbuchhandlung von J. J. Weber. 1865, pages 53-54.
Note: Schubert received all poems from Schober in handwritten form. A (possibly later) autograph of this poem with the title Mondenschein is kept in the Vienna City Library.
1 Schubert: "Zauberblume"2 Schubert: "Erstarben Sorge, Schuld"
3 Schubert: "Geisterreih'n"
4 Schubert: "O seht, ein Silbergarten"
5 Schubert: "Den Geist vom ird'schen Drucke frei / Umwallt der Sehnsucht Ätherkleid, / Er"
6 Schubert: "der"
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Adolf Friedrich von Schober (1796 - 1882), "Vollmondnacht" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Mondenschein", op. 102, D 875 (1826), published 1831, first performed 1828 [ vocal quintet with piano ], A. Diabelli & Co., VN 3181, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Clar de lluna", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Maneschijn", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael Berridge) , "Moonshine", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Clair de lune", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Gianni Franceschi) , "Chiaro di luna", copyright © 2008, (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.
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Word count: 100
The moon's enchanted flower laughs, and with soulful gaze into our gloomy earthbound night summons back the paradise of love. Conquered by Sleep's strong arm, expired are worries, guilt and pain, only what is tender and lovely flies, set free in the ghostly dance. But look, the fields are changed, that is not the old earth we knew, O look, a silver garden perfume-drenched, full of soft mists and wondrous light; the spirit, from earthly troubles free, is clad in longing's airy gown, and drinks in peaceful exaltation the full bliss of Heaven. But the song of the nightingale warns the soft heart, to recall it to its world; in all their sweetness her notes awaken the deepest pain, the pain of love.
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Franz Adolf Friedrich von Schober (1796 - 1882), "Vollmondnacht"
This text was added to the website: 2016-04-19
Line count: 20
Word count: 123