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by Johann Heinrich Voss (1751 - 1826)

Der Maiabend
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  DUT ENG FRE
Umweht von Maiduft, unter des Blütenbaums 
Helldunkel [sahn]1 wir Abendgewölk verglüh'n,
  Des vollen Mond's Aufgang erwartend,
    Und Filomelengesäng' im Thalbusch.

Lau war die Dämmrung, traulicher scherzten wir
Mit nachgeahmter Fröhlichkeit. Bald verstummt
  In holdem Tiefsinn, saß das Mägdlein,
    [Stammelte:]2 wollen wir gehn? und ging nicht.

Die Hand in meiner zitterte. Bleib, o bleib!
Kaum athmend lallt' ich's. Wonne! da fügten wir,
  Nach manchem Freundschaftskuss, den Brautkuss,
    Nicht Filomela noch Mond bemerkend.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   F. Hensel 

F. Hensel sets stanzas 1-2

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Confirmed with Sämtliche Gedichte von Johann Heinrich Voß, Th. 3. Oden und Elegien, Königsberg: Friedrich Nicolovius 1802, page 83f.

1 Mendelssohn-Hensel: "sehn"
2 Mendelssohn-Hensel: "flüsterte"

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Heinrich Voss (1751 - 1826), "Der Maiabend", appears in Oden und Lieder [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 Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Der Maiabend", op. posth. 9 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5 (1827?), published 1850, stanzas 1-2 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De Meiavond", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The May evening", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le soir de Mai", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 73

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