Vom Mond soll ich in Versen zu euch reden?
O zwecklos. Denn wer könnte das begreifen,
Was mich erfüllt, was mich im Innersten
Bewegt und in mir aufblüht,
Wenn sich mein Herz in unruhvollen Nächten
Zu dir emporhebt, geliebter Mond?

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• by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946), appears in Japanischer Frühling / Nachdichtungen Japanischer Lyrik [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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• a text in Japanese (日本語) by Saigyō Hōshi (1118 - 1190) [text unavailable]
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• by Rudi Spring (b. 1962), "Bethge-Triptychon: a) Vom Mond; b) Gedanken; c) Bitte an den Hund", op. 95 no. 5 (2015-2017) [ 2 voices, instrumental ensemble ], from Jahrgänger-Mosaik, no. 5
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