Es singt die Nacht ein leises Lied, Von fern hab' ich's gehört: Es klang so mild, es klang so müd, Hat all mein Herz bethört. Still horchten die Waldvögelein, Die Wipfel rauschten sacht, Die Sterne gossen süßen Schein Ins leise Lied der Nacht.
Lieder , opus 115
by Eduard Rohde (1828 - 1883)
Lied der Nacht
Text Authorship:
- by Josef Seiler (1823 - 1877), "Lied der Nacht" [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):
Set by Eduard Rohde (1828 - 1883), op. 115, published 1874 [ voice and piano ]Confirmed with Neue Berliner Musik-Zeitung, siebenundzwanzigster Jahrgang, no. 23, 4 Juni 1873, ed. by Gustav Bock, Berlin: Ed. Bote & G. Bock, . Appears in Poesie-Blätter, Beilage der Neuen Berliner Musik-Zeitung, ed. by A. von Winterfeld, Erster Jahrgang, Issue no. 9 out of 24 per year, Juni 1873, page 35.
3. Altes Volkslied  [sung text not yet checked]
Es fiel ein Reif in der Frühlingsnacht, Es fiel auf die [zarten]1 Blaublümelein: Sie sind verwelket, [verdorret]2. Ein Jüngling hatte ein Mädchen lieb, Sie flohen heimlich [von]3 Hause fort, Es [wußt']4 weder Vater noch Mutter. Sie sind gewandert hin und her, Sie haben gehabt weder Glück noch Stern, Sie sind [verdorben, gestorben]5.
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in Tragödie, no. 2 [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Blaublümelein", collected by Arnim and Brentano
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (August Matthijs)
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Er viel eens rijp in de lentenacht", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (David Kenneth Smith) , "There fell a frost on a night of Spring", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Constance Bache)
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Discese la brina...", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Canzone popolare", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Neue Gedichte von Heinrich Heine, Zehnte Auflage, Hamburg, Hoffmann und Campe, 1871, page 151. Below the number at the top of the text are the following words: "(Dieses ist ein wirkliches Volkslied, welches ich am Rheine gehört.)" which can be translated "This is a real folksong that I heard on the Rhein". See also Backer-Grøndahl's song, which uses some of this text.
1 Hiller, Mendelssohn: "bunten"2 Griffes, Walter, Stanford: "verdorrt"
3 Rubinstein: "vom"
4 Hermann, Hiller: "wusst's"
5 Hiller, Mendelssohn, C. Schumann: "gestorben, verdorben"
4. Wasser läuft vom Brünnlein ab
Wasser läuft vom Brünnlein ab
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5. Geheimniss
Ich kann's den Blumen nicht sagen
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6. Nun ist der Herbst gekommen
Nun ist der Herbst gekommen
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