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Liebchen, schön wie Frühlingsnacht, Wenn sie über Fluren lacht! Ist von Schlaf verdrossen, Schon dein Aeuglein zugeschlossen? Oder gönnst du, Holde, mir Noch den kleinsten Blick von dir? Unter Tanz und Spiel vollbracht Ist die liebe lange Nacht. Warum muß dein Fehlen Mich sonst Wonnetrunknen quälen? Kleinod aller Sterblichen, O erschein am Fensterchen! Wie der Mond so lieblich lacht! Still ist Lust und still ist Nacht! Keine Winde rauschen; Keine Neiderohren lauschen; O wenn dir mein Herz gefällt, Komm, du Schmuck der jungen Welt! Du nur hättest diese Nacht Mich zum frohsten Gott gemacht! Ach! wie ich die suchte! Nirgends fand und heimlich fluchte! Mir war aller Masquentanz Spreu für deiner Augen Glanz. Komm du Stern in stiller Nacht, Eh des Nachbars Haus erwacht! Hart ist deine Pforte; Doch nur wenig, wenig Worte; Und ich tauschte mein Geschick Nicht mit Nadirs Helden-Glück.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748 - 1798), "Dritte Serenate", subtitle: "(Als der Liebende von einer Masquerade nach Hause gieng.)", published 1777 [voice and piano], from Serenaten beym Klavier zu singen, no. 3, Leipzig: Zu finden in der Dykischen Buchhandlung [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Third Serenade", subtitle: "(As the lover was walking home from a masquerade.)", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-12-05
Line count: 30
Word count: 142
Darling, as lovely as a spring night When it smiles over the meadows! Have, annoyed by sleep, Your eyes already closed? Or, lovely one, would you yet Grant me the smallest glance? With dancing and play the whole Long night has been filled. Why else must your absence Torture me, the bliss-intoxicated one? Treasure among all mortals, Oh appear at the window! How beautifully the moon smiles! Pleasure has fallen silent and night has fallen silent! No winds sough; No jealous ears are listening; Oh, if my heart pleases you, Come, you adornment of the young world! On this night, only you would Have turned me into the most joyful god! Ah! how I searched for her! Found her nowhere and secretly cursed! I regarded all the dancing of the masquerade As chaff compared to the sparkling of your eyes. Come, you star in the quiet night, Before the neighbours’ household awakens! Your gate is hard; But only a few, a few words, And I would not trade my fate With the heroic good fortune of Nadir.1
Subtitle: "(As the lover was walking home from a masquerade.)"
View text without footnotes1 This may be the Persian conqueror, Nadir Kuli (1687-1747).
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
This text was added to the website: 2019-01-03
Line count: 30
Word count: 178