LiederNet logo

CONTENTS

×
  • Home | Introduction
  • Composers (20,138)
  • Text Authors (19,558)
  • Go to a Random Text
  • What’s New
  • A Small Tour
  • FAQ & Links
  • Donors
  • DONATE

UTILITIES

  • Search Everything
  • Search by Surname
  • Search by Title or First Line
  • Search by Year
  • Search by Collection

CREDITS

  • Emily Ezust
  • Contributors (1,114)
  • Contact Information
  • Bibliography

  • Copyright Statement
  • Privacy Policy

Follow us on Facebook

by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856)

Leise sinkt der Abend nieder
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Leise sinkt der Abend nieder,
Bringt die Gegenwart zur Ruh --
Rausche denn bewegter Flieder
Sing' von alter Zeit mir zu.

Bring sie all' die holden Tage
Holde Nächte wieder vor. 
Ganz wie fremde Wundersage,
Trifft es mein berauschtes Ohr!

Kehrte heut' der Tag nicht wieder
Der zuerst mich froh gemacht!
Sinke drauf wie damals nieder
Himmlisch friedensvolle Nacht!

Jener Tag hat Wort gehalten.
Was er leis versprochen dort,
Ward zur Fülle von Gestalten,
Und noch immer wirkt es fort.

Und warum denn nun die Klage,
Daß der Tag nicht wiederkehrt?
Wurden denn nicht schön're Tage,
Schön’re Nächte dir bescheert?

Ach, der Tag kehrt doch nicht wieder,
So flieht auch das Heute sacht.
Rausche denn, bewegter Flieder!
Thränen liebt die sanfte Nacht.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Lang 

J. Lang sets stanzas 1-3

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Christian Reinhold Köstlin’s poetry manuscripts, Z 2727-67, poem [7], written in Lustnau on July 1, 1844, Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Marbach, Germany.

Submitter's note: Josephine Lang's title is the date on which the poem was written by her husband (the anniversary of their first meeting four years earlier).

Text Authorship:

  • by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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

  • by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "1. Julÿ", 1844, published 2008, stanzas 1-3 [ voice and piano ], München: Strube Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The First of July", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le 1er juillet", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-06-25
Line count: 24
Word count: 121

Gentle Reminder

This website began in 1995 as a personal project by Emily Ezust, who has been working on it full-time without a salary since 2008. Our research has never had any government or institutional funding, so if you found the information here useful, please consider making a donation. Your help is greatly appreciated!
–Emily Ezust, Founder

Donate

We use cookies for internal analytics and to earn much-needed advertising revenue. (Did you know you can help support us by turning off ad-blockers?) To learn more, see our Privacy Policy. To learn how to opt out of cookies, please visit this site.

I acknowledge the use of cookies

Contact
Copyright
Privacy

Copyright © 2025 The LiederNet Archive

Site redesign by Shawn Thuris