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Four Nocturnes
Song Cycle by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900)
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Wär's dunkel, ich läg' im [Wald]1, Im Walde rauscht's so sacht, Mit ihrem Sternenmantel [Bedecket]2 mich da die Nacht, Da kommen die Bächlein gegangen, Ob ich schon schlafen thu'? Ich [schlaf']3 nicht, ich [hör']4 noch [lange]5 Den Nachtigallen zu, Wenn die Wipfel über mir [schwanken]6, [Es klinget]7 die ganze Nacht, Das sind im Herzen die Gedanken, Die singen, wenn niemand wacht.
Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe, in Die Einsame, no. 3
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Jakob Kellner) , "The lonely girl", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "S'il faisait noir, je serais allongée dans la forêt", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Gedichte von Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, Leipzig: C.F. Amelangs Verlag, 1892, page 228.
1 Gumbert, Herzogenberg, Pfitzner, Schoeck: "Walde"2 Gumbert, Pfitzner, Schoeck: "Bedeckt"
3 Sommer: "schlafe"
4 Herzogenberg: "höre"
5 Pfitzner: "lang"
6 Gumbert: "rauschen"
7 Herzogenberg: "Es klingt"; Pfitzner: "Das klingt"
Research team for this page: Jakob Kellner , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
Would it were dark, I would lie in the wood, in the wood it rustles so gently; With it's coat of stars Night covers me there. There come the brooks if I am yet asleep? I don't sleep, by a long way I attend to the nightingales. When the treetops wave above me, they resound all night. Those are the thoughts in the heart - They sing when no one is left awake.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe, in Die Einsame, no. 3
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Word count: 73
Nacht ist wie ein stilles Meer, [Lust und Leid]1 und Liebesklagen [Kommen]2 so verworren her In dem linden Wellenschlagen. Wünsche wie die Wolken sind, Schiffen durch die [stillen]3 Räume, Wer erkennt im lauen Wind, Ob's Gedanken oder Träume? -- Schließ' ich nun auch Herz und Mund, Die so gern den Sternen klagen: Leise doch im Herzensgrund Bleibt das linde Wellenschlagen.
Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Die Nachtblume", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe, first published 1833
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La nit", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Night is like a quiet sea", copyright ©
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La nuit", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "La notte è come un mare calmo", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Joseph von Eichendorff, Sämtliche Gedichte und Versepen, Frankfurt am Main und Leipzig: Insel Verlag, 2001, page 299. First published in Dichter und ihre Gesellen, 1833
1 Hensel: "Leid und Lust"
2 Hensel: "Tönen"
3 Rheinberger: "leeren"
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
Night is like a quiet sea: joy and sorrow and the laments of love become tangled up in the gentle throbbing of the waves. Desires are like clouds that sail through the quiet space: who can recognize in the mild wind whether they are thoughts or dreams? Even if my heart and mouth now are closed, that once so easily lamented to the stars, still, at the bottom of my heart there remains the gentle throbbing of those waves.
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Die Nachtblume", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe, first published 1833
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Word count: 80
Zwei Musikanten ziehn daher Vom Wald aus weiter Ferne, Der eine ist verliebt gar sehr, Der andre wär es gerne. [Die]1 stehn allhier im kalten Wind Und singen schön und geigen: Ob nicht ein süßverträumtes Kind Am Fenster sich wollt' zeigen?
Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Vor der Stadt", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder
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- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Two musicians arrive here", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Gianni Franceschi) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
1 Herzogenberg: "Sie"
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Two musicians arrive here from a forest far away: one is very much in love, and the other wishes he were. They stand here in the cold wind and sing and play so fairly: Wouldn't some sweetly dreaming maiden like to appear at her window?
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Vor der Stadt", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder
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Wie schön hier zu verträumen Die Nacht im stillen Wald, Wenn in den dunklen Bäumen Das alte Märchen hallt. Die Berg' im Mondesschimmer Wie in Gedanken stehn, Und durch verworrne Trümmer Die Quellen klagend gehn. Denn müd' ging auf den Matten Die Schönheit nun zur Ruh', Es deckt mit kühlen Schatten Die Nacht das Liebchen zu. Das ist das irre Klagen In stiller Waldespracht, Die Nachtigallen schlagen Von ihr die ganze Nacht. Die Stern' gehen auf und nieder – Wann kommst du, Morgenwind, Und hebst die [Schatten]1 wieder Von dem verträumten Kind? Schon rührt sich's in den Bäumen, Die Lerche weckt sie bald – So will ich treu verträumen Die Nacht im stillen Wald.
Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Die Nacht", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, first published 1834
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- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
First published in Dichter und ihre Gesellen in 1834.
Confirmed with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff's sämtliche poetische Werke, dritte Auflage, Erster Band, Gedichte, C. F. Amelang's Verlag, Leipzig, 1883, page 30.
1 Herzogenberg: "Schleier"Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Claus-Christian Schuster [Guest Editor]
How lovely it is here to dream away the night in the quiet woods, when in the dark trees the old fairy-tales echo. The mountains stand shimmering in the moonlight as if deep in thought, and through the tangled undergrowth the stream rambles, lamenting. For wearily upon the meadow, Beauty walks now to her rest, and with cool shadows Night covers up the dear one. There is an eerie lament in the quiet splendour of the wood: the nightingales sing about her the entire night. The stars rise and set -- When will you come, morning wind, and lift the [shadows]1 again from the dreaming child? There is already a rustling in the trees, The lark will awaken soon -- Thus would I like faithfully to dream away The night in the quiet woods.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Die Nacht", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, first published 1834
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View original text (without footnotes)Translations of titles
"Die Nacht" = "The night"
"Nacht" = "Night"
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 132