À l'éclat du soleil | Ô éclat du soleil, ô éclat du soleil !

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by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

O Sonnenschein! o Sonnenschein!

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

O Sonnenschein! o Sonnenschein!
Wie scheinst du mir ins Herz hinein,
Weckst drinnen lauter Liebeslust,
Daß mir so enge wird die Brust!

Und enge wird mir Stub' und Haus,
Und [wenn]¹ ich lauf' zum Thor hinaus,
Da lockst du gar ins frische Grün
Die allerschönsten Mädchen hin!

O Sonnenschein! Du glaubest wohl,
Daß ich wie du es machen soll,
Der jede schmucke Blume küßt,
Die eben nur sich dir erschließt?

Hast doch so lang' die Welt erblickt,
Und weißt, daß sich's für mich nicht schickt;
Was machst du mir denn solche Pein?
O Sonnenschein! o Sonnenschein!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• A. Jensen • V. Lachner

V. Lachner sets stanzas 1, 3

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Confirmed with Robert Reinick, Lieder eines Malers mit Randzeichnungen seiner Freunde, Düsseldorf, 1838.

¹ Jensen: "wie"

Text Authorship:

by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), "An den Sonnenschein", appears in Lieder, in Frühling und Liebe, first published 1844 [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 E. Brandmüller , "An den Sonnenschein", op. 3 (Zwei Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 2, published 1890 [ four-part men's chorus ], Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text not yet checked]
by C. Cramer , "An den Sonnenschein", published 1874 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], from Drei Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor, no. 2, Braunschweig, Bauer [sung text not yet checked]
by Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934), "An den Sonnenschein", published 1887 [ chorus ], partsong [sung text not yet checked]
by H. Gantenberg , "O Sonnenschein, o Sonnenschein", published 1873 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder, no. 1, Hamburg, Benjamin [sung text not yet checked]
by Emil Hartmann (1836 - 1898), "An den Sonnenschein", op. 35b no. 2, published 1885, first performed 1885 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge, no. 2, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
by Adolf Jensen (1837 - 1879), "An den Sonnenschein", 1855-1857 [ voice and piano ], from 7 Lieder, no. 2, MS at Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München [sung text checked 1 time]
by Otto Adolf Klauwell (1851 - 1917), "An den Sonnenschein", op. 15 (Vier Lieder für 1 hohe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1877 [ high voice and piano ], Köln, Alt & Uhrig [sung text not yet checked]
by Vinzenz Lachner (1811 - 1893), "An den Sonnenschein", stanzas 1,3 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], from Sechs Quartette für Männerstimmen, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "An den Sonnenschein", op. 156 (Vier Gesänge für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1852 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Hamburg, Böhme [sung text not yet checked]
by James P. Prior , "An den Sonnenschein", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Frankfurt a/M., Firnberg [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich Reichel , "An den Sonnenschein", op. 29 (Vier Gesänge für gemischten Chor) no. 3, published 1885 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Dresden, Näumann [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich August Reissiger (1809 - 1883), "An den Sonnenschein", op. 39 (Sechs Lieder und Gesänge für Tenor oder hohen Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1840 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Klemm [sung text not yet checked]
by Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "An den Sonnenschein", op. 27 (Zwei Lieder für Baritone mit Pianoforte und Violoncello) no. 2, published 1869 [ baritone, cello, and piano ], Stuttgart, Ebner [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "An den Sonnenschein", op. 36 no. 4 (1840), published 1842 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Sechs Gedichte aus dem Liederbuch eines Malers, no. 4, Hamburg, Schuberth und Co. [sung text checked 1 time]
by Julius Stern (1820 - 1883), "O Sonnenschein", op. 10 (Sechs Gedichte) no. 6, published 1842 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
by Albert Ulrich (1855 - 1921), "An den Sonnenschein", op. 5 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Glas [sung text not yet checked]

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

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 97

À l'éclat du soleil

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Ô éclat du soleil, ô éclat du soleil !
Comme tu brilles à l'intérieur de mon cœur,
Tu réveilles en lui une telle joie pure d'amour
Que ma poitrine se sent trop étroite !

Et ma chambre et ma maison deviennent trop petites,
Et quand je cours à la porte,
Là tu as attiré dans l'herbe fraîche et verte
Les plus jolies filles !

Ô éclat du soleil ! Penses-tu réellement
Que je devrais faire comme toi,
Et embrasser chaque jolie fleur,
Qui s'ouvre seulement pour toi ?

Tu as regardé le monde depuis si longtemps
Et tu sais que pour moi cela n'arrive pas,
Pourquoi me causes-tu un tel chagrin ?
Ô éclat du soleil, ô éclat du soleil !

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), "An den Sonnenschein", appears in Lieder, in Frühling und Liebe, first published 1844
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This text was added to the website: 2010-11-02
Line count: 16
Word count: 114