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Milde dort oben Manch helles Sternlein lacht; Der sie aus Gold gewoben, Nimmt mild auch dein in Acht. Stille! nun steiget Herab der Engel dein, Und lächelnd dir es zeiget, Wie's wird im Himmel sein. Wachst du am Morgen Dann auf aus selgem Traum, Blick wieder ohne Sorgen Hinauf zum Himmelssaum! Siehe! noch blinket Der Morgenstern so klar! Dein Engel scheidend winket: Einst wird dein Traum noch wahr!
Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 117-118.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Nachtlied", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 133 [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Bieger (1833 - 1907) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann (or Hans) Wilhelm Bueß (b. 1812) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Flügel (1812 - 1900) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Samuel Hoch (b. 1830) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Isenmann (1839 - 1889) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Köllner (1839 - 1891), "Nachtlied", op. 58 (Drei Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 3, published 1883 [ ttbb chorus ], Leipzig: Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Kossmaly (1812 - 1893) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Maier (b. 1844) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Gottlieb Rabe (1815 - 1876) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Reinhold Reich (1842 - 1900), "Nachtlied", op. 37 (Für's Haus. Kleine Lieder für zwei Singstimmen mit einfacher Pianoforte Begleitung) no. 6, published 1891 [ vocal duet and piano ], Langensalza: Beyer & Söhne [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Karl) August Schuster (1807 - 1877) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Schwab (b. 1841) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philipp Tietz (1816 - 1878) [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Night song", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2025-09-01
Line count: 16
Word count: 69
Benignly there on high Many a bright star smiles; He who wove [the stars] out of gold Benignly watches out for you as well. Be still! now Your angel descends, And smilingly shows you What it shall be like in Heaven. When in the morning you then waken From your blissful dream, Then gaze again without anxiety Up to the heavens' edge! Lo! the morning star Still twinkles so clearly! Your angel waves [to you] in parting: Someday your dream shall come true!
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Nachtlied", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 133
This text was added to the website: 2025-10-01
Line count: 16
Word count: 84