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Leucht't heller [denn]1 die Sonne, Ihr beiden Äugelein! Bei dir ist Freud' und Wonne, Du zartes Jungfräulein, Du bist mein Augenschein, Wär ich bei dir allein, Kein Leid sollt mich anfechten, Wollt allzeit fröhlich sein! Dein Reiz ist aus der Maßen Gleichwie der Blumen Art; Wenn du gehst auf der Straßen, Gar oft ich deiner wart, Ob ich gleich lang muß stehn Im Regen, Sturm und Schnee, Kein Müh soll mich verdrießen, Wenn ich dich, Herzlieb, seh.
F. Mendelssohn sets stanza 1
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Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn [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 (Johann Gottfried) Heinrich Bellermann (1832 - 1903), "Leucht' heller als die Sonne", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4, published 1866 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by C. A. Joh. Masberg , "Leucht't heller denn die Sonne", op. 2 (Sechs vierstimmige Gesänge für S., A., T. und B.) no. 3, published 1879 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Minnelied", op. 34 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 1, stanza 1, note: source listed in score simply as "Volkslied". [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Reichel , "Altdeutsches Minnelied", published 1874 [ men's chorus ], from Vier Männerchöre, no. 3, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Theodor Streicher (1874 - 1940), "Pfauenart", published 1903, from Dreissig Lieder aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn, no. 19 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Altdeutsches Minnelied", op. 2 (Dreizehn Lieder für eine Singstimme und Klavier), Heft 2 no. 2 (1894-6), published 1897 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Zipp (1914 - 1997), "Pfauenart", op. 5 (Wunderhorn Lieder) no. 1 (1935-6) [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "You beamed brighter than the sun", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Votre lumière est plus claire que le soleil", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 77
You beamed brighter than the sun, both of you darling eyes! With you is joy and bliss, You gentle young maiden. You are the light in my eyes! If I were alone with you, no sorrow could trouble me, and I would be forever happy! Your charm is beyond measure just as that of the flower. When you walk down the street, I often wait for you, no matter how long I must stand, in rain, storm or snow; no trouble could irritate me, if I could only see you, my sweetheart.
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 93