The nightingale upon my meadow | The nightingale upon my meadow

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by Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Die Nachtigall auf meiner Flur

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Die Nachtigall auf meiner Flur
Singt: Hoffe du nur! Hoffe du nur!
Die Frühlingslüfte wehen.
Ein Dornenstrauch schlief ein zu Nacht,
Ein Rosenbusch ist aufgewacht,
So mag's auch dir geschehen.
Hoffe du nur!

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Text Authorship:

by Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Spätherbstblätter, in Lieder aus alter und neuer Zeit, no. 4 [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 Sophie Wolf Baudissin, Gräfin (1821 - 1894), "Die Nachtigall auf meiner Flur", op. 5 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Challier & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by M. von Bieberstein , "Die Nachtigall auf meiner Flur", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Berlin, Thelen [sung text not yet checked]
by Hermann Genss (1856 - 1940), "Die Nachtigall auf meiner Flur", op. 10 (Vier Lieder) no. 2, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Hentze [sung text not yet checked]
by Erwin Löwenfeld (1882 - 1949), as Erwin Lendvai, "Hoffe du nur!", op. 2a no. 4 [ medium voice and piano ], from Romantisches Liederbuch I. Folge, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Camillo Schumann (1872 - 1946), "Hoffe du nur", op. 13 (Zwei Lieder für 1 hohe -- für 1 tiefe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Hannover, Gries [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The nightingale upon my meadow", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-03-01
Line count: 7
Word count: 33

The nightingale upon my meadow

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

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The nightingale upon my meadow
Sings:  You only keep hoping! Only keep hoping!
The breezes of spring blow.
A thornbush went to sleep at night,
A rosebush awoke,
Thus it might also happen to you.
You only keep hoping!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Spätherbstblätter, in Lieder aus alter und neuer Zeit, no. 4
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This text was added to the website: 2013-10-25
Line count: 7
Word count: 39