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by Heinrich Zschokke (1771 - 1848)

Nacht und Grab

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT FRE ITA

Sei mir gegrüßt, o stille Nacht
In deiner hehren Sternenpracht!
Mit weichen Händen bietest du
Des Staubes Kindern deine Ruh.
O Brüder, schlummert sanft den süßen Schlummer;
Der neue Tag weckt euch zu neuem Kummer.

Auch in den stummen Gräbern Ihr,
Ruht sanft von eurer Arbeit hier.
Vergessenheit ist euer Loos,
Und euer Obdach dieses Moos.
O Brüder, schlummert sanft des Todes Schlummer,
Kein neuer Tag weckt euch zu neuem Kummer.

Available sung texts: ← What is this?

• H. Wolf

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Confirmed with Feldblumen von Heinrich Zschokke. Frankfurt a/M. J. D. Sauerländer's Verlag. 1850, page 47.

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Zschokke (1771 - 1848), "Nacht und Grab", written 1803, appears in Feldblumen [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 Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Nacht und Grab", op. 3 no. 1 (1875) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

Research team for this page: Alberto Pedrotti , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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