Ô quand les rayons de la lune glissent doucement

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by Robert Franz Arnold (1872 - 1938)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

O, wenn des Mondes Strahlen (Tove)

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Danish (Dansk)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE ITA

Tove:
 Oh, wenn des Mondes Strahlen leise gleiten,
 und Friede sich und Ruh durchs All verbreiten,
 nicht Wasser dünkt mich dann des Meeres Raum,
 und jener Wald scheint nicht Gebüsch und Baum.
 Das sind nicht Wolken, die den Himmel schmücken,
 und Tal und Hügel nicht der Erde Rücken,
 und Form und Farbenspiel, nur eitle Schäume,
 und alles Abglanz nur der Gottesträume.

Text Authorship:

by Robert Franz Arnold (1872 - 1938) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Danish (Dansk) by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885), no title, appears in Gurresange, no. 2
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "O, wenn des Mondes Strahlen (Tove)", c1900, published 1912 [soli, chorus, orchestra], from Gurrelieder, no. 1b [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (Linda Godry) , title unknown, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title unknown, copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title unknown, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , title unknown, copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Ô quand les rayons de la lune glissent...

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

Tove:
 Ô quand les rayons de la lune glissent doucement
 et que la paix et le repos s'étendent sur tout,
 alors l'étendue de la mer ne me semble pas être d'eau
 et la forêt ne m'apparaît pas comme buissons et arbres.
 Ce ne sont pas des nuages qui ornent le ciel,
 les vallons et les collines ne sont pas le dos de la terre,
 et les formes et le jeu des couleurs ne sont que pure écume,
 et tout  n'est que le reflet des rêves de Dieu.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Robert Franz Arnold (1872 - 1938)
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Based on:

a text in Danish (Dansk) by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885), no title, appears in Gurresange, no. 2
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2013-08-14
Line count: 9
Word count: 87