June night | Oh moonlit night, replete with scents!

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by Emilie Hörmann von Hörbach, née Geiger (1843 - 1921), as Angelika von Hörmann

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Juninacht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

O Mondnacht, satt von Düften!
Schwül weht die Luft im Grund,
Von Liebesglück zu träumen
Ist dies die rechte Stund.

Es faßt mein Herz wie Schläfern,
Wie süße Müdigkeit;
Was soll noch Schön'res kommen
Nach dieser Rosenzeit?

Beklagt mir nicht die Blumen,
Gemäht vom Weizenschoß,
Vor Sonnenwende scheiden,
Wär's nicht das beste Los?

Confirmed with Deutsches Dichterbuch aus Österreich, herausgegeben von Karl Emil Franzos, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Breitkopf und Härtel, 1883, page 143.

Text Authorship:

by Emilie Hörmann von Hörbach, née Geiger (1843 - 1921), as Angelika von Hörmann, "Juninacht" [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 (Leonard Johann Heinrich) Albert Fuchs (1858 - 1910), "Juninacht", op. 20 ([Drei] Duette für 1 Frauen- und 1 Männerstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 1, published 1886 [ vocal duet for male voice and female voice with piano ], Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "June night", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2024-05-25
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June night

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Oh moonlit night, replete with scents!
The breeze blows humidly in the vale,
This is the right hour
To dream of the joys of love.

It seizes my heart like lulling,
Like sweet weariness;
What more beautiful things can still come
After this time of roses?

Do not lament to me of the flowers
Mown from the bosom of the wheat,
To depart before the solstice,
Would that not be the best fate?

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Emilie Hörmann von Hörbach, née Geiger (1843 - 1921), as Angelika von Hörmann, "Juninacht"
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This text was added to the website: 2024-06-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 73