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Der Mond scheint auf mein Lager, Ich schlafe nicht, Meine gefalteten [Hände]1 ruhen In seinem Licht. Meine Seele ist still, sie kehrte Von Gott zurück, Und mein Herz hat nur einen Gedanken: Dich und [dein]2 Glück.
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gesammelte Dichtungen von Gustav Falke, Erster Band: Herddämmerglück, Hamburg und Berlin, Alfred Janssen, 1912, pages 119-120.
1 Voigt-Schweikert: "Hände sie"2 Webern: "mein"
Authorship
- by Gustav Falke (1853 - 1916), "Fromm", appears in Mit dem Leben. Neue Gedichte [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 Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Fromm", 1905 [ voice and piano ], from Jugendlieder, Vol. II (1904-08), no. 40 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Fleischer (1896 - 1981), "Fromm", op. 71 (6 Lieder für mittlere Singstimme und Klavier) no. 6 (1930) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Hermann Franz Graener (1872 - 1944), "Fromm", op. 12 (Vier Lieder) no. 4, published 1909 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Wilhelm Ludwig Kaun (1863 - 1932), "Fromm", op. 46 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4, published 1903 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Fromm", op. 62 (Sechzehn Gesänge) no. 11 (1901) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 2 times]
- by August Reuss (1871 - 1935), "Der Mond scheint auf mein Lager" [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Fromm", op. 40 (Vier Lieder) no. 1 (1899-1901), published 1909 [ voice and piano ], Braunschweig, Fr. Bartels [sung text not yet checked]
- by Margarete Voigt-Schweikert (1887 - 1957), "Fromm", op. 5 (Fünf Gedichte von Gustav Falke) no. 2 (1909), published 1913 [ voice and piano ], München, Wunderhorn-Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Fromm", 1899-1903, from Drei Gedichte für Gesang und Klavier, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Pieux", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Jeroen Scholten
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 36
The moon shines on my bed, I do not sleep, My folded [hands]1 rest In [the moon’s] light. My soul is quiet, it returned From God, And my heart has only one thought: You and [your]2 happiness.
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View original text (without footnotes)Translations of title(s):
"Der Mond scheint auf mein Lager" = "The moon shines on my bed"
"Fromm" = "Devout"
2 Webern: "my"
Authorship
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2017 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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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Gustav Falke (1853 - 1916), "Fromm", appears in Mit dem Leben. Neue Gedichte
This text was added to the website: 2017-09-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 37