Nachts

Deinem Fenster vorüber
Oft in der Stille der Nacht
Schleich' ich und blicke hinüber
Heimlich wenn keiner mehr wacht!

Matt noch erhellt ist dein Zimmer,
Aber es reget sich nichts,
Nieder um mich fliesst der Schimmer
Deines einsamen Lichts.

Und blass im goldenen Kreise
Umwebet der Schein mich so kühl,
Seh' es und schleiche mich leise
Vorüber und träume mir viel.

Translation(s): ENG

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Submitted by Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

Authorship

• by Friedrich Adolf Ludwig von Oeynhausen (1795 - 1871), first published 1872 [ author's text not yet checked 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 Julius Otto Grimm (1827 - 1903), "Nachts", op. 20 (Lieder und Gesänge) no. 3, published 1885 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "At night", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2009-09-01.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:03:20
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Word count: 61

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At night

Past your window,
Often in the quietness of the night,
I creep and gaze over at it
Secretly, when no one else is awake!

Your chamber is still dimly lit,
But nothing stirs.
Down upon me flows the shimmer
Of your lonely light.

And palely in a golden circle
The sheen of the light weaves itself all about me,
I see it and creep softly past,
And dream of many things.

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Adolf Ludwig von Oeynhausen (1795 - 1871), first published 1872
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Julius Otto Grimm. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2013-03-30.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:05:09
Line count: 12
Word count: 71