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by Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie, Herzogin in Bayern (1837 - 1898)

Mitternacht
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Mitternacht hat längst geschlagen,
Doch mich fliehen Schlaf und Ruh';
Wilde Phantasien jagen
Meinem Hirne rastlos zu;
Länger kann ich's nicht ertragen
Wissen muss ich, wo weilst Du.

An den Mond und an die Sterne
Pocht mein Geist und forscht um Dich.
Und er will, er muss es lernen,
Wohin Deine Seele wich.
Drum, o komm' aus jenen Fernen;
Denn ich leide fürchterlich.

Text Authorship:

  • by Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie, Herzogin in Bayern (1837 - 1898), appears in Das poetische Tagebuch [author's text not yet checked 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 Albin Fries (b. 1955), "Mitternacht", op. 50 no. 12 (2016) [voice and piano], from 17 Lieder nach Texten der Kaiserin Elisabeth von Österreich (Sisi poems), no. 12, confirmed with a CD booklet [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-08-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 63

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