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by Robert Walser (1878 - 1956)

Im Mondschein
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ich dachte gestern nacht,
die Sterne müssten singen,
als ich aufwacht
und es leise hörte klingen.

Es war aber eine Handharfe,
die durch die Räume drang,
und durch die kalte, scharfe
Nacht klang es so bang.

Dachte so verlornem Ringen,
Gebeten und Flüchen nach,
und noch lange hört' ich es singen,
lag lang noch wach.

Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Walser (1878 - 1956) [author's text not yet checked 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 Daniel Glaus (b. 1957), "Im Mondschein", 1977 [ soprano and piano ], from Sechs Lieder nach frühen Gedichten, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Heinz Holliger (b. 1939), "Im Mondschein", 1990/1 [ counter-tenor, clarinet, accordion, and contrabass ], from Beiseit: Zwölf Lieder nach Gedichten von Robert Walser, no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "In moonlight", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2007-08-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 55

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