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Vier Lieder , opus 6

by Franz Mittler (1893 - 1970)

1. Helle Nacht  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Weich küßt die Zweige
der weiße Mond.
Ein Flüstern wohnt
im Laub, als neige,
als schweige sich der Hain zur Ruh:
Geliebte du --

Der Weiher [ruht]1, und
die Weide schimmert.
Ihr Schatten flimmert
in seiner Flut, und
der Wind weint in den Bäumen:
wir träumen -- [träumen]2 --

Die [Weiten]3 leuchten
Beruhigung.
Die Niederung
hebt bleich den feuchten
Schleier hin zum Himmelssaum:
o hin -- o Traum -- --

Text Authorship:

  • by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Helle Nacht", appears in Weib und Welt [an adaptation]

Based on:

  • a text in French (Français) by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in La bonne chanson, no. 6, first published 1870
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Nit clara", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Joost van der Linden) , "Heldere nacht", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (Friedrich Karl Grimm) , "Bright night"
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Bright night", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Nuit claire", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Confirmed with Richard Dehmel, Gesammelte Werke in drei Bänden, Zweiter Band, Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1913, pages 30-31

1 Grimm: "ruft"
2 Grimm, Reger: "wir träumen"; Zeisl: "vom Glück"
3 Grimm: "Welten"

2. Die Mühle
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Du müde, morsche Mühle,
dein Moosrad feiert Ruh, –
aus der Olivenkühle
schaut dir der Abend zu.

Der Bach singt wie verloren
Menschenlieder nach.
tiefer über die Ohren
ziehst du dein trutziges Dach.

Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "I mulini", appears in Advent, in Fahrten, no. 6

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