Mondestrunken
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the French (Français)
Available translation(s): CHI ENG FRE ITA NYN
Den Wein, den man mit Augen trinkt,
Gießt Nachts der Mond in Wogen nieder,
Und eine Springflut überschwemmt
Den stillen Horizont.
Gelüste schauerlich und süß,
Durchschwimmen ohne Zahl die Fluten!
Den Wein, den man mit Augen trinkt,
Gießt Nachts der Mond in Wogen nieder.
Der Dichter, den die Andacht treibt,
Berauscht sich an dem heilgen Tranke,
Gen Himmel wendet er verzückt
Das Haupt und taumelnd saugt und schlürft er
Den Wein, den man mit Augen trinkt.
Authorship:
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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), "Mondestrunken", op. 21 no. 1 (1912), from Pierrot lunaire, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Otto Vrieslander (1880 - 1950), "Mondestrunken", 1905?, published 1905 [ high voice and piano ], from Pierrot lunaire, Dichtungen von A. Giraud ins deutstche übertragen von O. E. Hartleben, no. 24, München, Heinrich Lewy [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "醉月", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Mimmi Fulmer) (Ric Merritt) , "Moondrunk", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ivre de lune", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Ebbro di luna", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NYN Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Are Frode Søholt) , "Månefull", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-16
Line count: 13
Word count: 76
Ivre de lune
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch)
Le vin que l'on boit avec les yeux,
La lune le verse la nuit en torrents,
Et un mascaret submerge
L'horizon calme.
Des désirs effrayants et doux
Nagent sans nombre dans les flots !
Le vin que l'on boit avec les yeux,
La lune le verse la nuit en torrents,
Le poète que la piété conduit
S'enivre de cette boisson sacrée,
Vers le ciel il tourne en extase
La tête et en titubant il tète et boit bruyamment,
Le vin que l'on boit avec les yeux.
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2012-04-15
Line count: 13
Word count: 86