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by Robert Eduard Prutz (1816 - 1872)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Mond, hast du auch gesehen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE
(Das Mädchen spricht:)
 Mond, hast du [auch]1 gesehen,
   Wie mich mein Schatz geküßt?
 Frei muß ich dir gestehen,
   Daß mich das sehr verdrießt.
 
 Auch weiß ich nicht, wie eben
   [Es]2 gestern Abend kam,
 Ob ich [ihn ihm]3 gegeben,
   Ob er den Kuß sich nahm.

 Du [mußt's]4 nicht weiter sagen,
   Ich bitte dich darum,
 Wenn dich die Leute fragen,
   O lieber Mond, sei stumm!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   H. Dorn •   A. von Geyso 

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Confirmed with Robert Prutz, Buch der Liebe, Dritte Auflage, Leipzig: Verlag von Ernst Keil, 1874, page 48.

Note: The words "(Das Mädchen spricht:)" are not sung.

1 Dorn, Kleinecke, Wilm: "nicht"; for unverified settings, further changes may exist not shown
2 Geyso: "Das"
3 Dorn: "den Kuß"
4 Dorn: "mußt" (may be a typo)

Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Eduard Prutz (1816 - 1872), no title, appears in Buch der Liebe, in 2. Zweites Buch, in Frühlingsliebe, no. 6 [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 Rudolf Artaria (1812 - 1836), "Das Mädchen spricht", op. 7 (Vier Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1891 [ soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jacques (Jacob) Blumenthal (1829 - 1908), "Vertraulich" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Xaver Chwatal (1808 - 1879), "Das Mädchen an den Mond", op. 94 (Fünf Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1851 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Pauline von Decker (1811 - 1882), "Das Mädchen spricht zum Mond", op. 8 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Heinrich (Ludwig Egmont) Dorn (1804 - 1892), "Das Mädchen an den Mond", op. 51 (Vier deutsche Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1852 [ voice and piano ], Cöln, Schloss [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by A. von Geyso , "Das Mädchen spricht", op. 4 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], München, Aibl [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Fr. Gnüge , "Mond, hast du auch gesehen ", op. 5 (Gesänge) no. 3, published 1839, Leipzig, Wunder [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Walter Battison Haynes (1859 - 1900), "Das Mädchen spricht", op. 8 (Vier Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1885 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Richard) Bruno Heydrich (1865 - 1938), "Das Mädchen spricht", op. 1 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Kleinecke , "Mädchenlied", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Gutmann [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Vinzenz Lachner (1811 - 1893), "Das Mädchen an den Mond", op. 74 (Sieben Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte), Heft 1 no. 3, published 1891 [ soprano and piano ], Karlsruhe, Schuster [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Max Meyer-Olbersleben (1850 - 1927), "Das Mädchen spricht", op. 29 (Fünf Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1890 [ medium voice and piano ], Mannheim, Heckel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Theodor Podbertsky (1846 - 1913), "O lieber Mond, sei stumm", op. 79 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, A. P. Schmidt [sung text not yet checked]
  • by George Posca , "Frühlingsliebe", op. 9 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Haring [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Preitz (1856 - 1916), "Mond, hast du auch gesehen", op. 3 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Louis Rée (1861 - 1939), "Das Mädchen spricht", op. 18 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig-Reudnitz, Protze [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Das Mädchen spricht", op. 15 (Zehn Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5 (1894), published 1895 [ medium voice and piano ], London, Augener & Co. [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Alfred Reisenauer (1863 - 1907), "Das Mädchen spricht", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 6, Berlin, Fürstner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sárvár-Felsővidéki gróf Széchényi Imre (1825 - 1898), "Des Mädchens Frage (Das Mädchen spricht)", published 1892 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Rudolf Schumacher (1875 - 1936), "Mond, hast du auch gesehen", op. 2 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Emil Sulzbach (1885 - 1932), "Mond, hast du auch gesehen", op. 26 (Fünf Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1896 [ medium voice and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Firnberg [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Eduard Walter , "Launige Liebe", op. 6 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Max von Weinzierl (1841 - 1898), "Mond hast du auch gesehen", op. 27 (Drei Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1881 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Wien, (Buchholz & Diebel Sort.) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Max von Weinzierl (1841 - 1898), "Mond, hast du auch gesehen", op. 79 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Fr. Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Peter) Nicolai von Wilm (1834 - 1911), "Das Mädchen an den Mond", op. 110 (Vier Gesänge für 1 hohe Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1893 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, O. Forberg [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (Gwendolen Gore) , "Confidences"
  • ENG English [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist)
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La jeune fille dit", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Harry Joelson , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2008-01-08
Line count: 13
Word count: 67

Moon, did you also see
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
[The maiden speaks:]1
 Moon, did you [also]2 see
   How my darling kissed me?
 I must tell you quite frankly
   That that annoys me very much.
 
 As well, I do not know exactly
   How it happened yesterday evening,
 Whether I gave [it]3 to him,
   Or whether he took the kiss for himself.
 
 You must not spread the word,
   I beg you;
 When people ask you,
   Oh dear moon, remain mute!

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Translated titles:
"Das Mädchen spricht" = "The maiden speaks"
"Vertraulich" = "In confidence"
"Das Mädchen an den Mond" = "The maiden to the moon"
"Das Mädchen spricht zum Mond" = "The maiden speaks to the moon"
"Mond, hast du auch gesehen" = "Moon, did you also see"
"Mädchenlied" = "Maiden's song"
"Frühlingsliebe" = "Spring love"
"Des Mädchens Frage" = "The maiden's question"
"Launige Liebe" = "Jocose love"

1 not set to music.
2 Dorn, Kleinecke, Wilm: "not"; for unverified settings, further changes may exist not shown
3 Dorn: "the kiss"

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2016 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Robert Eduard Prutz (1816 - 1872), no title, appears in Buch der Liebe, in 2. Zweites Buch, in Frühlingsliebe, no. 6
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website: 2016-11-01
Line count: 13
Word count: 72

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