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Des Mondes Silberblume lacht
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Des Mondes [Silberblume]1 lacht,
Und ruft mit seelenvollem Blick
In unsre düstre Erdennacht
Der Liebe Paradies zurück.

Vom mächt'gen Arm des Schlafs besiegt,
[Entschlummert Sorge, Noth]2 und Pein,
Das Zarte nur und Schöne fliegt
Entfesselt in den [Freudenreihn]3.

Doch seht! die Fluren sind vertauscht,
Das ist die alte Erde nicht,
[Ein Feengarten,]4 duftumrauscht,
Voll Nebelschmelz und Zauberlicht.

[Der Busen athmet leicht und frei,
Von roher Lebenslast befreit,
Und]5 trinkt in stiller Schwärmerei
Des Himmels volle Seligkeit.

Doch mahnt das Lied der Nachtigall
An seine Welt das weiche Herz. -
In aller Wonne weckt [ihr]6 Schall
Den tiefsten Schmerz - der Liebe Schmerz!

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•   F. Schubert 

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Franz von Schober. Stuttgart und Tübingen. J. G. Cotta'scher Verlag. 1842, page 42; and with Gedichte von Franz von Schober. Zweite, vermehrte Auflage. Leipzig Verlagsbuchhandlung von J. J. Weber. 1865, pages 53-54.

Note: Schubert received all poems from Schober in handwritten form. A (possibly later) autograph of this poem with the title Mondenschein is kept in the Vienna City Library.

1 Schubert: "Zauberblume"
2 Schubert: "Erstarben Sorge, Schuld"
3 Schubert: "Geisterreih'n"
4 Schubert: "O seht, ein Silbergarten"
5 Schubert: "Den Geist vom ird'schen Drucke frei / Umwallt der Sehnsucht Ätherkleid, / Er"
6 Schubert: "der"

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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):

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Clar de lluna", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Maneschijn", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Michael Berridge) , "Moonshine", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Clair de lune", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Gianni Franceschi) , "Chiaro di luna", copyright © 2008, (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: 20
Word count: 100