Ich denke dein, wenn mir der Sonne Schimmer [Vom Meere]1 strahlt; Ich denke dein, wenn [sich]2 des Mondes [Flimmer]3 In Quellen mahlt. Ich sehe dich, wenn auf dem fernen Wege Der Staub sich hebt; In tiefer Nacht, wenn auf dem schmalen [Stege]4 Der Wandrer bebt.5 Ich höre dich, wenn dort mit dumpfem Rauschen Die Welle steigt. Im [stillen]6 [Haine geh']7 ich oft [zu]8 lauschen, Wenn alles schweigt. Ich bin bei dir, du seyst auch noch so ferne, Du bist mir nah! Die Sonne sinkt, [bald]9 leuchten mir die Sterne. O wärst du da!
Zwei Lieder für 1 hohe -- für 1 tiefe Singstimme mit Pianoforte , opus 110
by Reinhold Becker (1842 - 1924)
1. Nähe des Geliebten  [sung text not yet checked]
Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Nähe des Geliebten", written 1795, first published 1795
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Nabijheid van de beminde", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Nearness to the Beloved", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Edgar Alfred Bowring) , appears in The Poems of Goethe, first published 1853
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Proximité du bien-aimé", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Presenza della persona amata", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Margarida Moreno) , "Penso em ti", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand, Erster Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cottaschen Buchhandlung, 1827, page 65, and with Musen-Almanach für das Jahr 1796, herausgegeben von Schiller. Neustrelitz, bei dem Hofbuchhändler Michaelis, page 5.
1 Beethoven: "Von Meeren"; Unger: "Von Neuem"2 Wilhelmj: "dich" (typo?)
3 Schubert (Neue Gesamtausgabe): "Schimmer"
4 Schubert: "Wege"
5 Backer-Grøndahl inserts "Ich sehe dich."
6 Lang (only in op. 5 no. 1): "dunklen"
7 Schubert: "Hain, da geh"; Unger: "Hain gehe"
8 Lang (only in op. 5 no. 1): "um zu"
9 Schubert (Neue Gesamtausgabe): "es"
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2. Wandrer's Nachtlied  [sung text not yet checked]
Der1 du [von dem Himmel]2 bist, [Alles Leid]3 und Schmerzen [stillest]4, Den, der doppelt elend ist, Doppelt mit [Erquickung füllest]5, Ach ich bin des Treibens müde! [Was soll all der Schmerz und Lust?]6 Süßer Friede, Komm, ach komm in [meine]7 Brust!
Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Wandrers Nachtlied", written 1776, first published 1780
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- AFR Afrikaans [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Trekkers nachtlied", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Wanderer's night song", copyright ©
- ENG English (Edgar Alfred Bowring) , "The wanderer's night-song", appears in The Poems of Goethe, first published 1853
- ENG English [singable] (Charles Fonteyn Manney) , "O thou who from heaven art", first published 1911
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le chant de nuit du voyageur I", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRL Friulian (Ermes Culos) , "Tu ch'i ti vèns dal paradìs", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Canto notturno del viandante II", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Lewis Grenville) , "La cancion nocturna del caminante", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Goethe’s Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1827, page 109.
First published in Christliches Magazin Herausgegeben von Joh. Konrad Pfenninger, Dritter Band, 1780, page 243, with the musical setting by Ph. Ch. Kayser.
1 Backer-Grøndahl’s score has a comma after this word (likely a typo)2 Kirchner: "von den Himmeln"; Hiller, Milcke: "vom Himmel" (further changes may exist not shown above)
3 Rust: "Kummer, Leid"
4 Schubert: "stillst"
5 Schubert: "Entzückung füllst"
6 Rust: "Bangen Schmerzes, wilder Lust,"; Arnim and J. Marx: "Was soll all der Schmerz, die Lust?"
7 Backer-Grøndahl: "meiner" (likely a typo)
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