Avond met maanlicht (Kumpf, set by (Anton Bruckner, Franz Peter Schubert)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Johann Gottfried Kumpf (1781 - 1862), as Ermin

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Der Mondabend

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): CAT DUT ENG FRE

Rein und freundlich lacht der Himmel
Nieder auf die dunkle Erde;
Tausend goldne Augen blinken
Lieblich in die Brust der Menschen,
Und des Mondes lichte Scheibe
Segelt heiter durch die Bläue.

Auf den goldnen Strahlen zittern
Süßer Wehmuth Silbertropfen,
Dringen sanft mit leisem Hauche
In das stille Herz voll Liebe,
Und befeuchten mir das Auge
Mit der Sehnsucht zartem Thaue.

Funkelnd prangt der Stern des Abends
In den lichtbesäten Räumen,
Spielt mit seinen Demantblitzen
Durch der Lichte Duftgewebe,
Und viel' holde Engelsknaben
Streuen Lilien um die Sterne.

Schön und hehr ist wohl der Himmel
In des Abends Wunderglanze;
Aber meines Lebens Sterne
Wohnen in dem kleinsten Kreise:
In das Auge meiner Silli
Sind sie alle hingezaubert.

Confirmed with Selam. Ein Almanach für Freunde des Mannigfaltigen, Herausgegeben von I.F.Castelli, Vierter Jahrgang 1815, Wien, gedruckt und im Verlage bey Anton Strauß, pages 288-289.

Authorship

by Johann Gottfried Kumpf (1781 - 1862), as Ermin, "Der Mondabend", first published 1815 [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 (Joseph) Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896), "Der Mondabend", 1850-1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Der Mondabend", op. posth. 131 (Drei Lieder) no. 1, D 141 (1815), published 1830 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El vespre a la llum de la lluna", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Avond met maanlicht", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "The moonlit evening", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le soir au clair de lune", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this text: Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 116

Avond met maanlicht

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

Rein en vriend'lijk lacht de hemel
Naar omlaag, de donk're aarde,
Duizend gouden ogen schijnen
Lieflijk in het hart der mensen,
En de mooie lichte maanschijf
Zeilt blijmoedig door de blauwte.
 
Op de gouden stralen trillen
Weemoeds zoete zilv'ren druppels,
Dringen zacht met teder zuchten
In het stille hart vol liefde,
En bevocht'gen mij de ogen
Met de dauw van zacht verlangen.
 
Fonk'lend praalt de Avondsterre
In de lichtdoorzeefde ruimten,
Speelt met diamanten flitsen
Door het weefsel van de lichten,
En veel leuke jonge eng'len
Strooien leliën rond de sterren.
 
Mooi en groots is wel de hemel
In de wonderglans van d' avond,
Maar de sterren van mijn leven
Wonen in de kleinste rondjes:
In de ogen van mijn Silli
Zijn ze alle ingetoverd!

Authorship

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Based on

a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Gottfried Kumpf (1781 - 1862), as Ermin, "Der Mondabend", first published 1815

This text was added to the website: 2010-01-28
Line count: 24
Word count: 124