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Sommernächte, süßes Leben, Wenn sich Hand in Hand verspürt, Lippen zueinander streben, Herz an Herz sich schwellend rührt! Knabe, sprich, und du kannst's [tragen]1, Noch allein zu sein so spät, Wenn der Nachtigallen [Klagen]2 Durch die lauen Lüfte geht? Wenn du wüßtest, was ich dächte, Wüßtest, wer jetzt harret dein,-- In das kleine Fenster brächte Dich ein kecker [Tritt]3 herein!
Confirmed with C. Reinhold, Gedichte, Stuttgart: Carl Mäcken, 1853, page 14; and confirmed with C. Reinhold, Die Kinder der Fremde, Bremen: Verlag von Franz Schlodtmann, 1847, pages 65-66.
1 "wagen" in the novella Die Kinder der Fremde2 Jenner: "Schlagen"
3 Jenner: "Schritt"
Text Authorship:
- by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856), "Sommernachtsseufzer", written 1836, appears in Gedichte, in Lieder und vermischte Gedichte, appears in Die Kinder der Fremde [a novella], first published 1847 [author's text checked 2 times 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- by Gustav Jenner (1865 - 1920), "Sommernachtsseufzer", 1908 [ voice and piano ], unpublished; manuscript at the Hessisches Musikarchiv [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Sigh of a summer night", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2016-02-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 65
Summer nights, sweet life, When a hand feels itself held by another, When lips strive toward one another, And heart moves, swelling, against heart! Lad, tell me, and you can bear it To be all alone still so late, When the [laments]1 of the nightingale Pass through the warm breezes? If you knew what I was thinking, Knew who is now awaiting you, -- A bold step would bring you In through the little window!
1 Jenner: "jugging"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856), "Sommernachtsseufzer", written 1836, appears in Gedichte, in Lieder und vermischte Gedichte, appears in Die Kinder der Fremde [a novella], first published 1847
This text was added to the website: 2016-02-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 76