Silberblauer Mondenschein Fällt herab; Senkt so manchen Strahl hinein In [das]1 Grab. Freund des Schlummers, lieber Mond, [Schweige]2 nicht, Ob im Grabe Dunkel wohnt, Oder Licht! Alles stumm?! Nun stilles Grab, Rede du! Zogst so manchen Strahl hinab In die Ruh; Birgst gar manchen [Mondenblick]3, Silberblau; Gib nur einen Strahl zurück: - »Komm und schau!!«
Confirmed with Joh. Gabr. Seidl's Dichtungen. Zweiter Theil. Lieder der Nacht. [...] Von Johann Gabriel Seidl. Wien. Druck und Verlag von J. P. Sollinger. 1826, page 41; with Lieder der Nacht. Von Johann Gabriel Seidl. Zweite, verbesserte und vermehrte Auflage. Wien, 1851. Druck und Verlag von J. P. Sollinger's Witwe, pages 50-51; and with Joh. Gabr. Seidl's gesammelte Schriften. Mit einer Einleitung von Julius von der Traun. Herausgegeben von Hans Max. Erster Band. [...] Wien, 1877. Wilhelm Braumüller k.k. Hof- und Universitätsbuchhändler, page 41.
Note: the published poem is preceded by the following quote (1826): " - - - - relata referre!, which becomes the following in the 1851 and 1877 editions: " - - - - relata refer!"
1 Seidl (1851 and 1877 editions): "manch"2 Seidl (1851 and 1877 editions): "Hehl' es"
3 Seidl (1851 and 1877 editions): "Himmelsblick"
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Gabriel Seidl (1804 - 1875), "Grab und Mond", appears in Lieder der Nacht [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), "Grab und Mond", D 893 (1826), published 1827 [ ttbb quartet ], Tobias Haslinger, VN 3551, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La tomba i la lluna", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Graf en maan", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "Grave and moon", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La tombe et la lune", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Thierry Morice , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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