Schöne Nacht,
Gestirne wandeln
Heilig über dir,
Und des Tags bewegtes Handeln,
Stillt zum Traum sich hier.
Was ich sehne,
Was ich fühle
Ist nun doppelt mein,
Ach in deiner keuschen Kühle,
Wird es gut und rein.
Und so bringst du
Diese Erde,
Bringst mein Herz zur Ruh,
Daß es still und stiller werde,
Schöne Nacht wie du.
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Roland Bocquet (b. 1878), "Schöne Nacht", op. 35 (4 Lieder) no. 4 (1913) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Fuchs (1847 - 1927), "Schöne Nacht, Gestirne wandeln", op. 81 (7 Lieder für eine tiefere Stimme mit Klavierbegleitung) no. 5 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philipp Gretscher (1859 - 1937), "Schöne Nacht, Gestirne wandeln heilig über dir", op. 51 no. 1, published 1906-1913 [ women's chorus and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt Nachfolger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Wilhelm Ludwig Kaun (1863 - 1932), "Schöne Nacht", op. 55 (Sieben Lieder) no. 1, published <<1905 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, C. F. Kahnt [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich Kaspar Schmid (1874 - 1953), "Schöne Nacht", op. 9 (Lieder und Duette mit Begleitung des Klaviers) no. 3, published 1903, first performed 1903 [ voice and piano ], München: Dr. Heinrich Lewy ; Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Schöne Nacht", op. 40 (Vier Lieder) no. 4 (1899-1901), published 1909 [ voice and piano ], Braunschweig, Fr. Bartels [sung text not yet checked]
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 (John Glenn Paton) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [
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This text was added to the website: 2010-03-11
Line count: 15
Word count: 58
Beautiful night,
stars travel,
holy, across you,
and day’s active trading
quiets down to dreaming.
What I long for,
what I feel
is now doubly my own.
Ah, in your chaste coolness
it becomes good and pure.
And thus you bring
this earth,
as well as my heart, to rest,
so that it becomes quieter and quieter,
beautiful night, as you are.
