From "Cypresses and Roses" (Bodenstedt, set by Paul Frommer, Friedrich August Naubert, Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Jasmin und Flieder duften durch die...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): ENG

Jasmin und Flieder duften durch die Nacht,
Kein Lüftchen regt das Laub an Busch und Baum;
Die Sterne schwimmen in demantner Pracht
Auf stiller Flut; die Welt liegt wie im Traum:
Nur aus der Nachtigall geweihter Kehle
Haucht die Natur den Wohllaut ihrer Seele.

Wer denkt der Stürme nun, die ausgetobt,
Wer auch der Stürme, die uns noch bedräun?
Das tapfre Herz, in manchem Sturm erprobt,
Mag doppelt sich der heiligen Ruhe freun.
Wem solche Nacht nicht Ruhe bringt und Frieden,
Dem blüht kein Glück und Segen mehr hienieden.

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by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Aus dem nachlasse Mirza Schaffy's: Neues Liederbuch, in 4. Cypressen und Rosen, no. 3 [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 Paul Frommer , "Jasmin und Flieder duften durch die Nacht", op. 27, published 1893 [medium voice and piano], Leipzig, Schuberth & Co. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Friedrich August Naubert (1839 - 1897), "Jasmin und Flieder duften", op. 26 (Sechs Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1880 [medium voice and piano], Leipzig, Kahnt [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Aus "Cypressen und Rosen"", op. 178 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme und Pianofortebegleitung) no. 6, published 1884 [voice and piano], Hamburg, Rahter [ sung text checked 1 time]

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From "Cypresses and Roses"

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The scent of jasmine and lilacs drifts through the night,
No breeze stirs the foliage of bush and tree;
The stars are floating in diamond-like splendour
On the quiet waters; the world seems caught in a dream:
Only from the sacred throat of the nightingale
Nature breathes the melodious sounds of her soul.

Who thinks now of storms that have raged and subsided,
Who [thinks], too, of storms that still threaten us?
The valiant heart, tried in many a storm,
May be doubly glad of the holy calm.
For him whom such a night does not bring rest and peace
No further joy and blessings blossom here on earth.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Aus dem nachlasse Mirza Schaffy's: Neues Liederbuch, in 4. Cypressen und Rosen, no. 3