The moon is veiling her face

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by Hugo Conrat (1845 - 1906)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Mond verhüllt sein Angesicht

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Hungarian (Magyar)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Mond verhüllt sein Angesicht,
süßes Lieb, ich zürne dir nicht.
Wollt ich zürnend dich betrüben, sprich
wie könnt ich dich dann lieben?

Heiß für dich mein Herz entbrennt,
keine Zunge dir's bekennt.
Bald in Liebesrausch unsinnig,
bald wie Täubchen sanft und innig.

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Text Authorship:

by Hugo Conrat (1845 - 1906) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Hungarian (Magyar) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
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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), "Mond verhüllt sein Angesicht", op. 103 no. 10 (1887/8), published 1888 [ voice or SATB chorus, piano ], from Zigeunerlieder, no. 10, Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2019
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Nasconde la luna il suo volto", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ivo Zandhuis

This text was added to the website: 2005-08-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 42

The moon is veiling her face

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The moon is veiling her face,
Sweet love; I am not angry with you.
Were I to afflict you with my anger, tell me,
How could I then love you?

My heart blazes feverishly for you,  
Even if no tongue confesses to it,
One moment left absurd by its intoxication,
Another moment, as gentle and earnest as a little dove.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2019 by Emily Ezust
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Hugo Conrat (1845 - 1906)
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Based on:

a text in Hungarian (Magyar) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
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This text was added to the website: 2019-12-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 60