Nuit et tombe | Sois la bienvenue, ô belle nuit

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by Heinrich Zschokke (1771 - 1848)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Nacht und Grab

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT FRE ITA

Sei mir gegrüßt, o [stille]¹ Nacht
In deiner hehren Sternenpracht!
Mit weichen Händen bietest du
Des Staubes Kindern deine Ruh.
O Brüder, schlummert sanft den süßen Schlummer;
[Der neue]² 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.

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• H. Wolf

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

¹ Wolf: "schöne"
² Wolf: "Ein neuer"

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):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Nit i sepulcre", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Nuit et tombe", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Notte e tomba", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 73

Nuit et tombe

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

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Sois la bienvenue, ô belle nuit
Dans la splendeur sublime des étoiles ;
Avec de tendres mains tu offres
Ton repos aux enfants de poussière.
Ô frères, dormez doucement de ce doux sommeil,
Un nouveau jour vous éveillera à un nouveau chagrin.

Aussi dans les tombes muettes,
Vous vous reposez de votre travail ici ;
L'oubli est votre lot,
Et cette mousse votre abri.
Ô frères, dormez doucement du sommeil de la mort,
Aucun nouveau jour ne vous éveillera à un nouveau chagrin.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Zschokke (1771 - 1848), "Nacht und Grab", written 1803, appears in Feldblumen
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This text was added to the website: 2014-11-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 81