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Bergnacht mit deinem Waldeszauber, Mondnacht mit deinem vollen Schein! Es rauscht im Tann, es rauscht im Laube, Die Halme [blühen ums]1 Gestein. Leis [streift]2 der Wind die Almenmatten, Das wogt so duftig [und]3 so sacht; Da dunkelt's -- nur ein Wolkenschatten -- [Und]4 wieder volle, klare Nacht! Die Funken [auf]5 dem Almherd knistern, Fern klingt der Herden Nachtgeläut; Die [Mägdlein]6 singen, andre flüstern Von Minne und von holder Zeit. Ich hör' ihr Flüstern nicht und Singen, Lieg' draußen in der Sternenpracht -- Mir war zu Sinn, als hört' ich klingen Den Elfensang der Heidennacht!
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Karl Stieler, Neue Hochlandslieder, herausgegeben von Karl Quenzel, Leipzig: Hesse & Becker Verlag, [1917], pages 44-45.
1 Berger: "glitzern durchs"2 Berger: "küsst"
3 Berger: "wogt"
4 Berger: "Dann"
5 Berger: "um"
6 Berger: "Mädchen"
Text Authorship:
- by Karl Stieler (1842 - 1885), "Almennacht", subtitle: "(Juni.)", appears in Neue Hochlands-Lieder, in 7. Jahreszeiten, no. 6 [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 Wilhelm Reinhard Berger (1861 - 1911), "Bergnacht, mit deinem Waldeszauber", alternate title: "Lenznacht, mit deinem Waldeszauber", op. 24 (Neun Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2012-03-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 97
Mountain night with your forest magic, Moonlit night with your full radiance! There is soughing in the forest, there is soughing in the foliage, The stalks bloom about the rocks. Quietly the wind brushes the alpine meadows, So scented and so gentle is the surging; It darkens -- only the shadow of a cloud -- And then again full, clear night! The sparks crackle upon the alpine stove, Far away the nighttime tolling of the cowbells sounds; The maidens sing, others whisper Of love and of beautiful times. I do not hear their whispering and singing, I lie outdoors in the glory of the stars -- It seemed to me as if I heard the song of the elves Sounding in the heath-night!
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Translations of title(s):
"Almennacht" = "Night on the alp"
"Lenznacht, mit deinem Waldeszauber" = "Spring night with your forest magic"
"Bergnacht, mit deinem Waldeszauber" = "Mountain night with your forest magic"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Stieler (1842 - 1885), "Almennacht", subtitle: "(Juni.)", appears in Neue Hochlands-Lieder, in 7. Jahreszeiten, no. 6
This text was added to the website: 2018-12-14
Line count: 16
Word count: 120