O laß dich halten, goldne Stunde
Language: German (Deutsch)
O laß dich halten, goldne Stunde,
Die nie so schön sich wieder beut!
Schau, wie die Mondnacht in die Runde
All ihre weißen Rosen streut.
Des Tages Stimmen fern verhallten,
Nicht Worte stören, nicht Gesang
Des stillsten Glückes innig Walten,
Nach dem die ganze Seele drang.
So Brust an Brust, so ganz mein eigen,
So halt' ich dich, geliebtes Bild!
Es rauscht die Nacht, die Lippen schweigen,
Und Seele tief in Seele quillt.
Ich bin dein Glück, du meine Wonne,
Ich bin dein Leben, du mein Licht;
Was soll uns Tag, was soll uns Sonne?
Du schöne Nacht, entflieh uns nicht!
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Confirmed with Otto Roquette, Liederbuch, Stuttgart und Tübingen: J.G. Cotta’scher Verlag, 1852, page 68
Submitted by Peter Donderwinkel and Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
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 Willem de Haan (1849 - 1930), "O lass dich halten, goldne Stunde", op. 28 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1885 [voice and piano], Berlin, Fürstner [ sung text not verified ]
- by Adolf Jensen (1837 - 1879), "O lass dich halten, goldne Stunde", op. 35 (Sechs Lieder von O. Roquette) no. 3, published 1869 [voice and piano], Dresden, Hoffarth [ sung text verified 1 time]
- by Theobald Kretschmann (1850 - 1919), "O lass dich halten gold'ne Stunde", op. 7 no. 1, published 1879 [voice and piano], from Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Wien, (Buchholz & Diebel Sort.) [ sung text not verified ]
- by Richard Metzdorff (1844 - 1919), "O lass dich halten, gold'ne Stunde", op. 29 no. 2, published 1875 [voice and piano], in Die musikalische Welt, Braunschweig, Litolff [ sung text not verified ]
- by Frank Valentin Van der Stucken (1858 - 1929), "Seligkeit", op. 17 (Acht Lieder) no. 3, published 1892. [low voice and piano] [ sung text not verified ]
- by Max von Weinzierl (1841 - 1898), "O lass dich halten, goldne Stunde", op. 11 (Fünf Lieder) no. 4, published 1879 [low voice and piano], Wien, Jägermayer & Germ [ sung text not verified ]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable): - ENG English [singable] (Helen D. Tretbar) , "Bliss"
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Bliss
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
O tarry alway bright golden hour,
Non fair as thou shall dawn again!
See how the moonlight, all enfolding,
Spreads snowy roses o'er the plain,
The endless voice of day now ceases
No word shall trouble not e'en song
Our silent rapture's tender blisses,
For which the inmost soul doth long!
Thus heart to heart its troth confessing
I hold thee close, beloved mine!
While lips are mute, night rustles blessing
Let ardent soul to soul incline.
I am thy joy, thou art my treasure,
I am thy lige and thou my light,
What need if day and all its glory?
O leave us not, delicious night!
From the Van der Stucken score
Submitted by Hanne-Joost Peeters
Authorship
Based on- a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Roquette (1824 - 1896), "O laß dich halten, goldne Stunde!"
- This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Willem de Haan, Adolf Jensen, Theobald Kretschmann, Richard Metzdorff, Frank Valentin Van der Stucken, Max von Weinzierl. Go to the text.
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive) [ None yet in the database ]
Text added to the website: 2009-02-15 00:00:00.
Last modified: 2017-09-19 15:14:08
Line count: 16
Word count: 107
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