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Laue Sommernacht: am Himmel [Stand]1 kein Stern, im weiten Walde Suchten wir uns tief im Dunkel, Und wir fanden uns. Fanden uns im weiten Walde In der Nacht, der sternenlosen, Hielten staunend uns im Arme In der dunklen Nacht. War nicht unser ganzes Leben [So ein Tappen, so ein Suchen?]2 Da: In seine Finsternisse Liebe, fiel Dein Licht.
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View text without footnotes1 A. Mahler: "Steht"
2 Cramer, A. Mahler: "Nur ein Tappen, nur ein Suchen,"
Text Authorship:
- by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910), "Gefunden" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- sometimes misattributed to Gustav Falke (1853 - 1916)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Heinrich, Freiherr von Bach (1835 - 1915), as Heinrich Molbe, "Gefunden", op. 106 (Sechs Lieder von Otto Julius Bierbaum für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung) no. 4, published 1903 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Rudolf C. Lindner & Rörich [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anna Cramer (1873 - 1968), "Gefunden", op. 2 no. 3, published 1907 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Gedichte, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alma Mahler (1879 - 1964), "Laue Sommernacht", published 1910 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Fünf Lieder, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Paul Scheinpflug (1875 - 1937), "Gefunden", op. 1 (Sechs Gesänge für mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1 [ medium voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Weinmann (1878 - 1905), "Gefunden", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 5, München, Schmid Nachf. [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright © 2017
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Douce nuit d'été", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 60
Mild summer night, in the sky There are no stars; in the wide woods We searched deep in the darkness And we found ourselves. We found ourselves in the wide woods, In the night, the starless night; We held ourselves in wonder in each other's arms In the dark night. Was not our entire life Simply groping, simply searching? There, into its darkness Tumbled your light, Love.
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Translation of titles
"Gefunden" = "Found"
"Laue Sommernacht" = "Mild summer night"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2017 by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910), "Gefunden" and misattributed to Gustav Falke (1853 - 1916)
This text was added to the website: 2017-01-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 67