Gedenk ich noch der Frühlingsnächte
Vor manchem, manchem Jahr,
Wie wir zusammen im Garten standen
Und unten über den Landen
Alles so still noch war.
Wie wir standen in Gedanken,
Bis eine Morgenglocke erwacht' -
Das alles ist lange vergangen;
Aber die Glocken, die da klangen,
Hör ich noch oft bei Nacht.
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 Leslie Crabtree (b. 1941), "Morgendämmerung", 2007 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Armin Knab (1881 - 1951), "Morgendämmerung", 1922 [ alto or baritone and piano ], from Eichendorff-Lieder [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rued Langgaard (1893 - 1952), "Morgendämmerung" [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Owens (1925 - 2017), "Morgendämmerung", op. 19 (3 Lieder) no. 2 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Kaspar Schmid (1874 - 1953), "Morgendämmerung", op. 112 (Vier Lieder nach Gedichten von Joseph v. Eichendorff) no. 1, published 1941, first performed 1941 [ voice and piano ], Heinrich Kaspar Schmid-Archiv Landau/Isar ; Edition Walter Homolka, Musikverlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Somborn (b. 1851), "Morgendämmerung", op. 12, Heft 2 no. 6, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], from Gedichte aus dem Nachlasse J. von Eichendorff's für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung, no. 6, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Severin Warteresiewicz (1852 - 1923), "Morgendämmerung", op. 14 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Friedrich) Oskar Wermann (1840 - 1906), "Morgendämmerung", op. 68 (Sechs Gesänge (Balladen und Lieder) für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Protze [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Dawn", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Crépuscule du matin", copyright © 2012, (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: 2004-04-02
Line count: 10
Word count: 52
I think still of those spring nights
So many, many years ago,
How we stood together in the garden
And across the landscape below
Everything was yet so silent.
How we stood there in contemplation,
Until a morning bell rang [awakened] –
All of that was so long ago;
But the bells, those that rang then,
I still often hear at night.