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by Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821 - 1891)
Translation © by Alfredo García

Ich gehe des Nachts, wie der Mond thut...
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE ITA SPA
Ich gehe des Nachts, wie der Mond thut geh'n,
Ich suche, wo den Geliebten sie haben;
Da hab' ich den Tod, den finstern, geseh'n.
Er sprach: such' nicht, ich hab' ihn begraben.

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Confirmed with Ferdinand Gregorovius, Wanderjahre in Italien, Erster Band, Figuren. Geschichte, Leben und Scenerie aus Italien, Vierte Auflage, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1874, page 307.


Text Authorship:

  • by Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821 - 1891), no title, appears in Wanderjahre in Italien, in Toscanische Melodieen, no. 4 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , no title, Tuscan [text unavailable]
    • Go to the text page.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Ich gehe des Nachts wie der Mond thut geh'n", op. 6 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1890 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Gustav Jenner (1865 - 1920), "Ich gehe des Nachts" [ SATB chorus and piano ], from 12 Quartette aus dem Toskanischen für 4 Singstimmen (SATB) mit Klavier, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ludwig Schneller , "Ich gehe des Nachts, wie der Mond thut geh'n", published 1894 [ voice and piano ], from Toscanische Melodien nach Ferd. Gregorovius für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, Heft 2, no. 12, Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ernst Edward Taubert (1838 - 1934), "Ich gehe des Nachts, wie der Mond tut gehn ", op. 20 no. 7, published 1872 [ voice and piano ], from Toscanische Melodien von Ferdinand Gregorovius, für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 7, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gustav Tyson Wolff (1840 - 1907), "Ich gehe des Nachts", op. 29 no. 7, published 1886 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Zwölf toscanische Melodieen (nach Texten aus dem Volk), no. 7, Leipzig, (W. Dietrich.) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Ich gehe des Nachts", op. 6 no. 4 (1898), published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Walzer Gesänge nach toskanischen Volksliedern von Ferdinand Gregorovius, no. 4, 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
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "I walk at night", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Je marche dans la nuit comme fait la lune", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Enrico Magnani) , "Cammino nella notte", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfredo García) , "Salgo de noche, como la luna", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 32

Salgo de noche, como la luna
Language: Spanish (Español)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Salgo de noche, como la luna,
en busca de mi amado;
entonces vi a la muerte oscura,
me dijo: no lo busques, lo he enterrado.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Spanish (Español) copyright © 2004 by Alfredo García, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.

    Alfredo García.  Contact: alfredogarcia (AT) alfredogarcia (DOT) com

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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821 - 1891), no title, appears in Wanderjahre in Italien, in Toscanische Melodieen, no. 4
    • Go to the text page.

Based on:

  • a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , no title, Tuscan [text unavailable]
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website: 2004-04-19
Line count: 4
Word count: 25

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