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Leiser, leiser, kleine Laute, Flüstre, was ich dir vertraute, Dort zu jenem Fenster hin! Wie die Wellen sanfter Lüfte Mondenglanz und Blumendüfte, Send' es der Gebieterin! Neidisch sind des Nachbars Söhne, Und im Fenster jener Schöne Flimmert noch ein einsam Licht. Drum noch leiser, kleine Laute: Dich vernehme die Vertraute, Nachbarn aber - Nachbarn nicht!
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Confirmed with Auswahl des Besten aus Friedrich Rochlitz' sämmtlichen Schriften Vom Verfasser veranstaltet, verbessert und herausgegeben. In sechs Bänden. Vierter Band. Züllichau, in der Darnmannschen Buchhandlung. 1822, page 163.
Note: The first version of this poem, published in Glycine, is slightly different (see below).
Authorship:
- by Johann Friedrich Rochlitz (1769 - 1842), "An die Laute", written 1803, first published 1805 [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 Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859 - 1951), "An die Laute", op. 60 no. 1, published 1914, from Four Songs, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by August Harder (1775 - 1813), "An die Laute" [ voice and guitar ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by August Ferdinand Häser (1779 - 1844), "An die Laute", 1819 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leopold Lenz (1803 - 1862), "An die Laute", op. 10 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 4, published 1830 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "An die Laute", op. 81 (Drei Lieder) no. 2, D 905 (1827), published 1827 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Xaver Sterkel (1750 - 1817), "Lied an die Laute" [sung text not yet checked]
Set in a modified version by Franz Danzi.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Aan de luit", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "To the lute", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Au luth", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Al liuto", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Lewis Grenville) , "Al laúd", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 55
More softly, more softly, little lute, whisper what I have confided to that window there! Like a gentle billow of air, like moonlight, or the scent of flowers, send it to my mistress! The sons of the neighbours are jealous and in the window of my fair one a solitary light still gleams. So play still softer, little lute, so that my beloved may hear you but the neighbours - not the neighbours!
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Friedrich Rochlitz (1769 - 1842), "An die Laute", written 1803, first published 1805
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 73