Evangelium der Nacht

Wenn so stolz zum Licht der Sterne
Tannenwaldung aufwärts steigt,
die Unnahbarkeit der Ferne
strahlend sich ihr niederneigt,

stehst auch du voll dunkler Schauer
in den Wurzeln wie ein Baum.
Und in deiner Fesseln Trauer
sinkt ein Licht aus jenem Raum.

Erdgeboren erdgebunden,
dennoch traue, dass du du
ragst in haupterhobenen Stunden
unnahbarem Glanze zu.

Submitted by Bertram Kottmann

Authorship

• by Rudolf Georg Binding (1867 - 1938), "Evangelium der Nacht" [ author's text checked 1 time]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Erich Riede (1903 - 1986), "Evangelium der Nacht", op. 7 no. 7. [soprano, piano] [
   text not verified 
  ]

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