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Es ist ein still Erwarten in den Bäumen, Die Nachtigallen in den Büschen schlagen In irren Klagen, können's doch nicht sagen, Die Schmerzen all' und Wonne, halb in Träumen. Die Lerche auch will nicht die Zeit versäumen, Da solches Schallen bringt die Luft getragen, Schwingt sich vom Tal, eh's noch beginnt zu tagen, Im ersten Strahl die Flügel sich zu säumen. Ich aber stand schon lange in dem Garten Und bin in's stille Feld hinausgegangen, Wo leis die Ähren an zu wogen fingen. O fromme Vöglein, ihr und ich, wir warten Auf's frohe Licht, da ist uns vor Verlangen Bei stiller Nacht erwacht so sehnend Singen.
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Morgendämmerung" [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 Winfried (Petrus Ignatius) Zillig (1905 - 1963), "Morgendämmerung", op. 33 no. 5 (1945), orchestrated 1951 [soprano and orchestra], from Sieben Sonette nach Gedichten von Joseph von Eichendorff, no. 5. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Daybreak", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Crépuscule du matin", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2011-09-09
Line count: 14
Word count: 106
There is a quiet anticipation in the trees, The nightingales in the bushes are singing In mad lamentations, but still cannot express All of the pain and joy, half in dreams. The lark too does not wish to waste time, Since the breeze brings such resounding, [The lark] soars up from the valley before daybreak, To line its wings with the first beams [of the sun]. I, however, have long stood in the garden already, And I went out into the silent field Where the wheat began to surge quietly. Oh virtuous little birds, you and I, we wait For the happy light; [as we do so], there has awakened within us, impelled by our longing, Such yearning-filled singing in the silent night.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2013 by Sharon Krebs, (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 Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Morgendämmerung"
This text was added to the website: 2013-07-26
Line count: 14
Word count: 123