Oh dawning of day | Oh dawning of day

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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

O Tagesgrauen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

O Tagesgrauen,
O Morgenlicht!
Muß wiederschauen
Euch denn mein weinend Angesicht?

Ach wärst du nimmer 
Geflohn, o Nacht! 
Du goldner Schimmer,
Wie schmerzt, wie schmerzet deine Pracht!

Hätt' ich geschlafen
Mit dir, mein Leid,
Fort fort im Hafen
Der stillen, süßen Ewigkeit!

Ihr nächtgen Thränen,
Wohl fielt ihr heiß,
O Morgensehnen,
Kein glühnder Weh, denn dich, ich weiß!

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Friedrich Oser, Kreuz- und Trostlieder, Wiesbaden: Julius Niedner, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1865, pages 4-5.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), no title, appears in Kreuz- und Trostlieder, in Erstes Buch, no. 3 [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 Konrad Kocher (1786 - 1872), "O Tagesgrauen", published 1863 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Kreuz- und Trost-Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor, no. 2, Stuttgart: Zumsteeg [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Oh dawning of day", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2025-01-01
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Oh dawning of day

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Oh dawning of day,
Oh morning light!
Must once again 
My weeping countenance look upon you?

Ah, had, oh night,
You never flown!
You golden shimmer,
How your splendour pains me, pains me!

Would I had slept on and on
With you, my sorrow,
In the harbour 
Of silent, sweet eternity!

Ye nightly tears,
You surely fell hotly,
Oh yearning of morning,
I know of no woe more blazing than you!

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), no title, appears in Kreuz- und Trostlieder, in Erstes Buch, no. 3
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This text was added to the website: 2025-01-25
Line count: 16
Word count: 71