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Två sånger , opus 18

by John Axel Fernström (1897 - 1961)

Translations available for the entire opus: FRE 

1. Nachtgesang  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
[O]1 gieb, vom weichen Pfühle,
Träumend, ein halb Gehör!
Bei meinem Saitenspiele
Schlafe! was willst du mehr?

Bei meinem Saitenspiele
Segnet der Sterne Heer
Die ewigen Gefühle;
Schlafe! was willst du mehr?

Die ewigen Gefühle
Heben mich, hoch und hehr,
Aus irdischem Gewühle;
Schlafe! was willst du mehr?

Vom irdischen Gewühle
Trennst du mich nur zu sehr,
Bannst mich in diese Kühle;
Schlafe! was willst du mehr?

Bannst mich in diese Kühle,
Giebst nur im Traum Gehör.
Ach, auf dem weichen Pfühle
Schlafe! was willst du mehr?

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Nachtgesang", written 1803?, first published 1804

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cant nocturnal ", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Nachtgezang", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Night song", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant nocturne", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Chanson de la nuit", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Francesco Campanella) , "Canto notturno", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Confirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand, Erster Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cottaschen Buchhandlung, 1827, page 98, and with Taschenbuch auf das Jahr 1804, Herausgegeben von Wieland und Goethe, Tübingen, in der Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, pages 120-121.

1 Mayer: "Ach"; further changes may exist not shown above.

2. Nu sover sorg  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Nu sover sorg och nu sover skratt
och alla stjärnorna sova.
Men jag som vakat så mången natt
har ingen längtan att sova.

Jag måste vänta en stund och se
om inte något ska hända.
om inte någonting stort ska ske
förr'n natten lupit till ända.

Text Authorship:

  • by Nils Johan Einar Ferlin (1898 - 1961)

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