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by Theodor Storm (1817 - 1888)
Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Wie liegt im Mondenlichte
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Wie liegt im [Mondenlichte]1
[Begraben]2 nun die Welt;
Wie selig ist der Friede,
Der sie umfangen hält! 

Die Winde müssen schweigen,
So sanft ist dieser Schein;
Sie säuseln nur und weben
Und schlafen endlich ein. 

Und was in Tagesgluten
Zur Blüte nicht erwacht,
Es öffnet seine Kelche
Und duftet in die Nacht. 

Wie bin ich solchen Friedens
Seit lange nicht gewohnt! 
Sei du in meinem Leben
Der liebevolle Mond!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   A. Wallnöfer 

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Confirmed with Theodor Storm, Gesammelte Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben und eingeleitet von Walter Herrmann. Erster Band. Gedichte / Erzählungen, Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun., Leipzig, 1895, page 47.

Note: in the Wallnöfer autograph there is a typo in stanza 4, line 3, word 3 ("Seit" instead of "Sei")

1 Bade: "Mondenscheine"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Wallnöfer: "Vergraben"

Text Authorship:

  • by Theodor Storm (1817 - 1888), "Mondlicht" [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 Jan van Amerongen (b. 1938), "Mondlicht", 1982, from Honda Trio, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Algernon Bennet Langton Ashton (1859 - 1937), "Mondlicht", op. 59 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Heinrich, Freiherr von Bach (1835 - 1915), as Heinrich Molbe, "Mondlicht", op. 92 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Clavierbegleitung) no. 6, published 1901 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Philipp Bade , "Mondlicht", op. 1 (Vier Lieder für 1 Frauenstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1893 [ female voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ernst Adolf Boehe (1880 - 1938), "Mondlicht", op. 1 no. 5 (1900) [ voice, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Bertold Hummel (1925 - 2002), "Mondlicht", op. 71b no. 9, from Zehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Theodor Storm, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Fritz Kögel , "Mondlicht", op. 6 (Sechs Gedichte von Theodor Storm für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Mondlicht", op. 351 (Fünf Lieder nach Theodor Storm) no. 3 (2023) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Eduard Stocker (1842 - 1913), "Im Mondenlicht", published 1881 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte , no. 3, Berlin, Fürstner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Max Wilhelm Karl Vogrich (1852 - 1916), "Mondlicht", published 1890 [ duet for soprano and mezzo-soprano (or tenor and baritone) with piano ], from Sechs Duette für Sopran und Mezzosopran (oder Tenor und Bariton) mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 6, Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Adolf Wallnöfer (1854 - 1946), "Mondlicht", op. 41 (Drei Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]

Set in a modified version by Theodor Röhmeyer.

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

  • ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La lumière de la lune", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Rohan Srinivasan [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 71

La lumière de la lune
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Maintenant, sous la lumière de la lune
Le monde est comme enseveli ;
Bienheureuse est la paix
Qui le tient embrassé.

Les vents ne peuvent que se taire
Tant est délicate cette lumière ;
Ils bruissent seulement, puis s'éveillent
Et finalement s'endorment.

Et ce qui dans l'ardeur du jour
Ne s'est ni éveillé ni éclos,
Ouvre son calice
Et parfume la nuit.

Cela fait si longtemps
Qu'une telle paix ne m'a habité !
Sois dans ma vie
La lune emplie d'amour !

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2010 by Pierre Mathé, (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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  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Theodor Storm (1817 - 1888), "Mondlicht"
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This text was added to the website: 2010-09-02
Line count: 16
Word count: 78

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