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by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852)
Translation © by Dr Huaixing Wang

Sommernacht
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CHI CHI
Der [laute]1 Tag ist fortgezogen
Es kommt die stille Nacht herauf
Und an dem weiten Himmelsbogen
Da gehen tausend Sterne auf
Und wo sich Erd' und Himmel einen
In einem lichten [Nebelband]2
[Beginnt]3 der helle Mond zu scheinen
Mit mildem Glanz ins dunkle Land.

Da geht durch alle Welt ein Grüßen
Und schwebet [hin]4 von Land zu Land
Das ist ein leises Liebesküssen
Das Herz dem Herzen [zugesandt]5
Das im Gebete aufwärts steiget
Wie gute Engel, leicht beschwingt
Das sich zum fernen Liebsten neiget
Und süße Schlummerlieder singt.

Und wie es durch die Lande dringet
Da möchte Alles Bote sein
Ein Vogel es dem andern singet
Und alle Bäume rauschen d'rein
Und durch den Himmel geht ein [Winken]6
Und auf der Erde nah und fern
Die Ströme heben an zu blinken
Und Stern verkündet es dem Stern.

O Nacht, wo solche Geister wallen
Im [Mondenschein]7, auf lauer Luft
O Nacht, wo solche Stimmen schallen
Durch lauter reinen [Blütenduft]8
O Sommernacht, so reich an Frieden
So reich an stiller Himmelsruh'
Wie weit zwei Herzen auch geschieden
Du [führest]9 sie einander zu!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   J. Blumenthal 

J. Blumenthal sets lines 1-12, 21-32

View original text (without footnotes)
1 Lassen: "lange"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Blumenthal: "Nebelland" (printing error?)
3 Blumenthal: "Hebt an"
4 Vesque von Püttlingen: "fort"
5 Blumenthal and Vesque von Püttlingen: "zugewandt"
6 Blumenthal: "trautes Winken"
7 Blumenthal: "Mondesschein"
8 Blumenthal and Vesque von Püttlingen: "Blumenduft"
9 Blumenthal: "leitest"

Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), "Sommernacht", appears in Lieder, in Frühling und Liebe, first published 1844 [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 Louis Anger (1813 - 1870), "Sommernacht", op. 11 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1, published 1860 [ four-part men's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Reinhard Berger (1861 - 1911), "Sommernacht", op. 26 (Vier Männerchöre) no. 4, published 1890 [ men's chorus ], Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jacques (Jacob) Blumenthal (1829 - 1908), "Sommernacht", lines 1-12,21-32 [ voice and piano with violin ad libitum ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Benjamin Hamma (1831 - 1911), "Sommernacht", published 1868 [ men's chorus ], from Sechzehn Männerquartette und Chöre, no. 6, Königsberg, Jabukowski [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Reinhold Ludwig Herman (1849 - 1919), "Sommernacht", op. 31 ([Vier] Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Stern & Ollendorff [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Sommernacht", published 1869 [ baritone and piano or orchestra ], from Drei Lieder für Bariton, no. 2, Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ernst Niese , "Sommernacht", op. 2 ([Acht] ein- und mehrstimmige Lieder mit Pianoforte) no. 8, published 1886 [ low voice and piano ], Potsdam, Dienemann [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Paul Salis , "Sommernacht", op. 11 (Zehn Duettinen für 2 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1876 [ vocal duet with piano ], Breslau, Hientzsch [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Christoph Schnyder (1826 - 1909), "Sommernacht", published 1895 [ men's chorus a cappella ], from Fünf Lieder für Männerchor, no. 1, Leipzig, Hug & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn (1811 - 1886), "Sommernacht" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), as J. Hoven, "Sommernacht", op. 20 (3 Quartetten für Männer-Stimen mit Begleitung des Piano-Forte) no. 1, published 1845 [ vocal quartet for male voices and piano ], Vienna: Tobias Haslinger [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Alexander Wolf , "Sommernacht", op. 6 (Drei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1891 [ medium voice and piano ], Karlsruhe, Schuster [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "夏夜", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "夏夜", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (Gwendolen Gore) , "Midsummer Night"
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "夏夜", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-06-29
Line count: 32
Word count: 190

夏夜
Language: Chinese (中文)  after the German (Deutsch) 
嘈杂的白天已经过完

寂静夜晚来临无息

广阔的天堂拱门中间

那一千颗星星升起

在地和天相遇的地方 

在淡淡的薄雾之里

皎洁的明月开始闪亮

带着温光照进暗地。

这传遍全世界的问讯
并从一国飘到另国
这是一个温柔爱之吻
从一颗心送到另颗
在祈祷中缓缓地上升
像好天使,欢欣鼓舞
俯身朝向远方的情人
唱着甜美的摇篮曲。
 
它还这样将大地穿透
一切都想成为信使
一只鸟对另只鸟鸣奏
所有的树冲进其里
穿过天空的层层波浪
在地球上远近各处
溪流也开始闪闪发光
且星向星将它倾诉。
 
哦,这夜晚里灵魂游荡
温暖薰风,皎洁月光,
啊,这夜晚里声音响亮
透过这纯粹的花香
啊,夏夜是这般的安然
天堂宁静尽是安息
两颗心可能相距多远
你把他们引向彼此!

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Chinese (中文) copyright © 2024 by Dr Huaixing Wang, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), "Sommernacht", appears in Lieder, in Frühling und Liebe, first published 1844
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website: 2024-02-19
Line count: 32
Word count: 32

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