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Heilige Nacht! Heilige Nacht! Sterngeschloßner Himmelsfrieden! Alles, was das Licht geschieden, Ist verbunden, Alle Wunden Bluten süß im Abendrot. Bjelbogs Speer, Bjelbogs Speer Sinkt ins Herz der trunknen Erde, Die mit seliger Gebärde Eine Rose In dem Schoße Dunkler [Lüste]1 niedertaucht. [Züchtige]2 Braut, züchtige Braut! Deine süße Schmach verhülle, Wenn des Hochzeitsbechers Fülle Sich ergießet; Also fließet In die brünstige Nacht der Tag!
About the headline (FAQ)
View text without footnotesNote: Bjelbog is a Slavic god of light.
1 Strauss: "Lüfte"
2 Strauss: "Heilige Nacht! Züchtige"
Text Authorship:
- by Clemens Maria Wenzeslaus von Brentano (1778 - 1842), no title, written 1812/4, appears in Die Gründung Prags, first published 1815 [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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "An die Nacht", op. 68 (Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Clemens Brentano) no. 1 (1918)
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , no title, copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 65
Heilige nacht! Heilige nacht! Hemelvred’ in sterrenweiden! Al wat was door ’t licht gescheiden Is verbonden, Alle wonden Bloeden zacht in ’t avondrood. Bjelbogs speer, Bjelbogs speer Zinkt in ‘t hart der dronken aarde, Die met zalige gebaren Nu een roos dan In de schoot van Donk’re [lusten]1 dalen laat. Heilige nacht! Zedige bruid, zuivere bruid! Dek je zoete smaad af zeker, Als de volle bruiloftsbeker Wordt geschonken; Zo vloeit dronken In de vurige nacht de dag!
About the headline (FAQ)
View text without footnotesTranslation of title "An die Nacht" = "Aan de nacht"
Note: Bjelbog is in de West-Slavische mythologie de God van licht, goedheid en gerechtigheid.
1 Strauss: "luchten"Text Authorship:
- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2018 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Clemens Maria Wenzeslaus von Brentano (1778 - 1842), no title, written 1812/4, appears in Die Gründung Prags, first published 1815
This text was added to the website: 2018-11-29
Line count: 18
Word count: 78