Good night! | Go to sleep, forests, go to sleep, meadows

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by Ottilie Kleinschrod, née Stieler (1830 - 1913), as Ottilie Stieler

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Gute Nacht

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Czech (Čeština)

Our translations: ENG

Schlafet Wälder, schlafet Matten,
  Hold umfang' euch süßer Traum!
Treue Wache halten Sterne
  Über euch im lichten Raum.

Neiget Rosen, neiget Blüten
  Eure Blättchen frisch bethaut;
Schlafet Rosen! Tändelnd wieget
  Euch in Schlaf ein Lüftchen traut.

Schlafet Wellen; doch ihr flüstert
  Fort im Traum und ruhet nicht;
Berget schaukelnd noch im Schooße
  Sehnsuchtsvoll das Mondenlicht.

Schlaf' mein Herz! Doch banges Träumen
  Dieses Herz erbeben macht;
Heimlich wiegt es holde Bilder,
  Seufzt in Sehnsucht: Gute Nacht!

Confirmed with O. Malybrok-Stieler, Lyrische Gedichte und Übertragungen nach böhmischer Kunst- und Volks-Poesie, Prag: Druck und Verlag von J. Otto, 1887, page 156.

Text Authorship:

by Ottilie Kleinschrod, née Stieler (1830 - 1913), as Ottilie Stieler, "Gute Nacht!", appears in Lyrische Gedichte und Übertragungen nach böhmischer Kunst- und Volks-Poesie, in 2. Übertragungen , in Nach böhmischen Dichtern [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Czech (Čeština) by Eliška Krásnohorská (1847 - 1926) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Emil Krause (1840 - 1916), "Gute Nacht", op. 64 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Hoffmann [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Good night!", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2022-01-25
Line count: 16
Word count: 75

Good night!

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Go to sleep, forests, go to sleep, meadows,
  May a sweet dream embrace you beautifully!
The stars keep faithful watch
  Above you in the bright universe.

Roses, blossoms, incline your 
  Petals freshly bedewed;
Go to sleep, roses! Triflingly
  A sweet little breeze shall rock you to sleep

Go to sleep, waves; but you whisper
  On in your dreams and do not rest;
Rocking, you still bear yearningly
  In your lap the moonlight. 

Go to sleep, my heart! But anxious dreaming
  Makes this heart of mine tremble;
Secretly it rocks lovely images,
  Sighs in yearning: Good night!

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Ottilie Kleinschrod, née Stieler (1830 - 1913), as Ottilie Stieler, "Gute Nacht!", appears in Lyrische Gedichte und Übertragungen nach böhmischer Kunst- und Volks-Poesie, in 2. Übertragungen , in Nach böhmischen Dichtern
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Czech (Čeština) by Eliška Krásnohorská (1847 - 1926) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2022-01-25
Line count: 16
Word count: 96