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by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947)

Ich weiß, warum der Mond so blaß und...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Ich weiß, warum der Mond so blaß und trübe
Den Stern der Erde immerdar umkreist;
Er geht den Weg der Sehnsucht und der Liebe,
Die Straße, wo auch ich mich matt gereist.
Du hältst mich fest, ich kann dir nicht entfliehen;
Du reißt mich hin und bist doch ewig fern -
O meine Welt! mich stets dir nachzuziehen,
Ermüde nie, ich folge ja so gern.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947), no title, appears in Liebesreime, no. 49 [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 Heinrich, Freiherr von Bach (1835 - 1915), as Heinrich Molbe, "Ich weiss, warum der Mond so blass", op. 134 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1, published 1909 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Fleischer (1896 - 1981), "Ich weiß, warum der Mond", alternate title: "Liebesreim 49", op. 63 (6 Lieder für Sopran und Klavier) no. 3 (1929) [ soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "Ich weiss, warum der Mond so blass", op. 22 (Drei Liebesreime für eine hohe Frauenstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1896 [ high female voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Je sais pourquoi la lune si pâle et si trouble", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2008-06-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 64

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