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Was schauest du so hell und klar Durch diese Apfelbäume, Wo [einst dein Freund]1 so selig war, Und träumte süße Träume? Verhülle deinen Silberglanz, Und schimmre, wie du schimmerst, Wenn du den frühen Todtenkranz Der jungen Braut beflimmerst! Du blickst umsonst so hell und klar In diese Laube nieder; Nie findest du das frohe Paar In [ihrem]2 Schatten wieder! Ein schwarzes, feindliches Geschick [Entriß mir meine Schöne!]3 Kein Seufzer [zaubert]4 sie zurück, Und keine Sehnsuchtsthräne! [O]5 wandelt sie hinfort einmal An meiner Ruhestelle, Dann [mache flugs mit trübem]6 Stral Des Grabes Blumen helle! Sie setze weinend sich aufs Grab, Wo Rosen niederhangen, Und pflücke sich ein Blümchen ab, Und [drück' es an die]7 Wangen.
Confirmed with Gedichte von Ludewig Heinrich Christoph Hölty. Besorgt durch seine Freunde Friederich Leopold Grafen zu Stolberg und Johann Heinrich Voß. Carlsruhe, bey Christian Gottlieb Schmieder, 1784, pages 87-88; with Poetische Blumenlese für das Jahr 1776. Von den Verfassern der bisherigen Göttinger Blumenlese, nebst einem Anhange die Freymaurerey betreffend; Herausgegeben von J. H. Voß. Lauenburg, gedruckt bey Johann Georg Berenberg, pages 172-173; and with Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty's Sämtliche Werke kritisch und chronologisch herausgegeben von Wilhelm Michael, Erster Band, Weimar, Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen, 1914, page 172.
1 Hölty (original version): "weiland ich"2 Hölty (original version): "diesen"
3 Hölty (original version): "Entrief sie dieser Scene;"
4 Hölty (original version): "flügelt"
5 Hölty (original version): "Und"
6 Hölty (original version and Musenalmanach 1776): "mach, durch einen trüben"
7 Hölty (original version and Musenalmanach 1776): "drück's an ihre"
Authorship:
- by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776), "An den Mond", written 1775, first published 1776 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Gustav Blasser , "An den Mond ", op. 20 (Hölty-Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 6, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Kratochwill [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "An den Mond" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "An den Mond", op. 76 (12 Lieder und Romanzen für 1 und 2 Singstimmen mit Pianoforte) no. 3, KWV. 9112 no. 3 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Juliane Reichardt, née Benda (1752 - 1783), "An den Mond" [ voice and piano ], as Juliane Benda ; Musen Almanach für 1777. Hrsg. J. H. Voß. Hamburg: C. E. Bohn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "An den Mond", D 468 (1816), published 1895 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "A la lluna", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Tot de maan", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "To the moon", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "À la lune", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Alla luna", copyright © 2010, (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.
Line count: 24
Word count: 114
Why do you look down so bright and clear through this apple tree, where your friend was once so happy and dreamed sweet dreams? Veil your silver gleam, and glint as you glinted when you gleamed down on the funeral wreath of the young bride! You gaze in vain so bright and clear down through this foliage; you will never find that happy pair again in their shade! A dark, hostile destiny ripped my fair one from me! No sigh will magically bring her back; no yearning tears. O if she were to wander here to my resting place, then quickly make your dim rays brighten the flowers on the grave! She will sit weeping over my grave where roses are drooping and pick a little flower and press it to her cheek.
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776), "An den Mond", written 1775, first published 1776
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 134