Der Mond versilbert Birken | Der Mond versilbert Birken, welche

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by Leopold Staff (1878 - 1957)

Translation © by Ingrid Schmithüsen, Janusz Mordasiewicz

Księżyc osrebrza brzozy

Language: Polish (Polski)

Our translations: DUT GER

Księżyc osrebrza brzozy,
Co toną w modrym mroku
I zanurzają nagie
Korzenie swe w potoku.

U stóp ich senny strumień
Migocze w leśnej debrze,
A górą ciągną chmury
W miesięcznym, chłodnym srebrze.

Wiatr gna je bezszelestny...
Noc czarodziejsko cicha...
Do morze wzdycha fala,
Do gwiazd pieśń moja wzdycha...

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Text Authorship:

by Leopold Staff (1878 - 1957) [author's text not yet checked 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 Feliks Nowowiejski (1877 - 1946), "Księżyc osrebrza brzozy", 1940/41? [sung text checked 1 time]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Joost van der Linden) , "De maan kleurt de berken zilver", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Ingrid Schmithüsen) (Janusz Mordasiewicz) , "Der Mond versilbert Birken", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ingrid Schmithüsen

This text was added to the website: 2013-05-22
Line count: 12
Word count: 48

Der Mond versilbert Birken

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Polish (Polski)

Der Mond versilbert Birken, welche
Tiefblau in Düsternis gesenkt,
Ihre blank entblößten Wurzeln
Tauchen in den Wildbach ein.

Zu den Füßen schillert dösend
Die Strömung in des Waldes Tal,
Und um Berge ziehen Wolken
In des Mondes kühlem Silber.

Lautlose Winde jagen sie...
Die Nacht so magisch leise...
Zum Meere schmachtet die Welle,
Zu Sternen schmachtet mein Lied...

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a text in Polish (Polski) by Leopold Staff (1878 - 1957)
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This text was added to the website: 2013-05-22
Line count: 12
Word count: 58