Do you hear the lowlands calling

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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Hörst du die Gründe rufen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

  Hörst du die Gründe rufen
In Träumen halb verwacht? 
O, von des Schlosses Stufen
Steig nieder in die Nacht! --

  Die Nachtigallen schlagen,
Der Garten rauschet sacht,
Es will dir Wunder sagen,
Die wunderbare Nacht.

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When first published in 1828, the poem "Nacht" was one stanza long (usually referred to as Nacht Teil 1); in 1837, Eichendorff added Teil 2, which encompassed stanza 2; in 1839, Eichendorff added Teil 3, which encompassed stanzas 3 and 4; and in 1841 he added Teil 4, encompassing stanzas 5 and 6, and thus giving the poem its final form.

Confirmed with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff, Gedichte, Zweite vermehrte und veränderte Auflage, Berlin: M. Simion, 1843, page 235.

Text Authorship:

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe, in Nacht, no. 4 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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Do you hear the lowlands calling

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  Do you hear the lowlands calling
In half-wakeful dreaming?
Oh, from the castle steps
Descend into the night! --

  The nightingales are calling,
There is a gentle rustling in the garden,
It wishes to tell you wondrous things,
The wonderful night.

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Translations of title(s):
"Die Nacht" = "The night"
"Hörst du die Gründe rufen" = "Do you hear the lowlands calling"
"Nacht" = "Night"
"Nachtstück" = "Nocturne"
"Wunder der Nacht" = "Wonder of the night"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe, in Nacht, no. 4
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