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by Sándor Petőfi (1823 - 1849)

Fönséges éj!
Language: Hungarian (Magyar) 
Fönséges éj!
Az égen tündökölve ballag
A nagy hold s a kis esti csillag.
Fönséges éj!
A harmat csillog a gyep bársonyán,
Bokor sátrában zeng a csalogány.
Fönséges éj!
Az ifju mostan megy szeretője után...
S most megy gyilkolni a zsivány.
Fönséges éj!

Text Authorship:

  • by Sándor Petőfi (1823 - 1849), "Fönséges éj!", written 1846 [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 Zoltán Horusitzky (1903 - 1985), "Fönséges éj!", op. 40 no. 2 (1963), first performed 1966 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Négy madrigál Petőfi Sándor verseire = Four Madrigals on the Poems by Sándor Petőfi, no. 2, Editio Musica Budapest [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2024-05-05
Line count: 10
Word count: 43

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