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Des Mondes [Silberblume]1 lacht, Und ruft mit seelenvollem Blick In unsre düstre Erdennacht Der Liebe Paradies zurück. Vom mächt'gen Arm des Schlafs besiegt, [Entschlummert Sorge, Noth]2 und Pein, Das Zarte nur und Schöne fliegt Entfesselt in den [Freudenreihn]3. Doch seht! die Fluren sind vertauscht, Das ist die alte Erde nicht, [Ein Feengarten,]4 duftumrauscht, Voll Nebelschmelz und Zauberlicht. [Der Busen athmet leicht und frei, Von roher Lebenslast befreit, Und]5 trinkt in stiller Schwärmerei Des Himmels volle Seligkeit. Doch mahnt das Lied der Nachtigall An seine Welt das weiche Herz. - In aller Wonne weckt [ihr]6 Schall Den tiefsten Schmerz - der Liebe Schmerz!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von Franz von Schober. Stuttgart und Tübingen. J. G. Cotta'scher Verlag. 1842, page 42; and with Gedichte von Franz von Schober. Zweite, vermehrte Auflage. Leipzig Verlagsbuchhandlung von J. J. Weber. 1865, pages 53-54.
Note: Schubert received all poems from Schober in handwritten form. A (possibly later) autograph of this poem with the title Mondenschein is kept in the Vienna City Library.
1 Schubert: "Zauberblume"2 Schubert: "Erstarben Sorge, Schuld"
3 Schubert: "Geisterreih'n"
4 Schubert: "O seht, ein Silbergarten"
5 Schubert: "Den Geist vom ird'schen Drucke frei / Umwallt der Sehnsucht Ätherkleid, / Er"
6 Schubert: "der"
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Adolf Friedrich von Schober (1796 - 1882), "Vollmondnacht" [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Mondenschein", op. 102, D 875 (1826), published 1831, first performed 1828 [ vocal quintet with piano ], A. Diabelli & Co., VN 3181, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Clar de lluna", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Maneschijn", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael Berridge) , "Moonshine", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Clair de lune", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Gianni Franceschi) , "Chiaro di luna", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Sorride il magico fiore della luna e richiama con sguardo beato, nella nostra tenebrosa notte terrestre, il paradiso dell'amore. Vinte dal potente abbraccio del sonno, pena, colpa e dolore si spengono, solo dolcezza e bellezza volano libere tra le schiere degli spiriti. Ma ecco, i campi si trasformano, questa non è più la vecchia Terra, Guardate, un giardino argenteo diffonde intorno i suoi profumi, sfolgorante di nebbia e magica luce. Lo spirito, libero dal peso terrestre, fluttua nell'etereo manto della nostalgia e beve, in silenziosa estasi, la piena beatitudine del cielo. Ma il canto dell'usignolo riporta il debole cuore nel suo mondo, in tutta questa gioia, il suo canto risveglia il dolore più profondo, il dolore dell'amore.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2008 by Gianni Franceschi, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Franz Adolf Friedrich von Schober (1796 - 1882), "Vollmondnacht"
This text was added to the website: 2008-12-29
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