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4 Gesänge nach niederdeutschen Dichtern , opus 30

by Friedrich "Fritz" Wolfgang Lessauer (1874 - 1937)

1. Nachtlied  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Quellende, schwellende Nacht,
Voll von Lichtern und Sternen:
In den ewigen Fernen,
Sage, was ist da erwacht?

Herz in der Brust wird beengt;
Steigendes, neigendes Leben,
Riesenhaft fühle ich's weben,
Welches das meine verdrängt.

Schlaf, da nahst du dich leis',
Wie dem Kinde die Amme,
Und um die dürftige Flamme
Ziehst du den schützenden Kreis.

Text Authorship:

  • by (Christian) Friedrich Hebbel (1813 - 1863), "Nachtlied", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Lieder, first published 1836

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cançó de la nit", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Nachtlied", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Night song", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Chanson de nuit", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Susana Martin Dudoignon) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

2. Die Nachtigall  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
[Das]1 macht, es hat die Nachtigall
Die ganze [Nacht]2 gesungen;
Da sind von ihrem süssen Schall,
Da sind [in]3 Hall und Widerhall
Die [Rosen]4 aufgesprungen.
 
Sie war doch sonst ein wildes [Kind]5,
[Nun]6 geht sie [tief]7 in Sinnen,
Trägt in der Hand den Sommerhut
Und duldet [still]8 der Sonne Glut
Und weiß nicht, was beginnen.

Das macht, es hat die Nachtigall
Die ganze Nacht gesungen;
Da sind von ihrem süssen Schall,
Da sind [in]3 Hall und Widerhall
Die [Rosen]4 aufgesprungen.

Text Authorship:

  • by Theodor Storm (1817 - 1888), "Die Nachtigall"

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El rossinyol", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
  • ENG English (Elisabeth Siekhaus) , "The nightingale", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "L'usignolo", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • POR Portuguese (Português) (Elke Beatriz Riedel) , "O rouxinol", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Lourdes Leon) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

View original text (without footnotes)
1 Watkinson: "Es"; further changes may exist not noted above.
2 Hasse: "Tag" (from Hofmeister); further changes may exist not noted above.
3 Scholz: "von"
4 Greger: "Knospen"
5 Berg, Scholz: "Blut"
6 Wolff: "Jetzt"
7 Greger: "still"
8 Wolff: "stumm"

3. Schäferlied

Language: German (Deutsch) 
— This text is not currently
in the database but will be added
as soon as we obtain it. —

Text Authorship:

  • by Annette Elisabeth, Freiin von Droste-Hülshoff (1797 - 1848)

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4. Sommerglück  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Blütenschwere Tage
In Düften und Gluten rings,
Mein Herz tanzt wie auf Flügeln
Eines trunkenen Schmetterlings.

Die Rosen über den Mauern,
Der Birnbaum darüber her,
Alles so reich und schwer
In sehnenden Sommerschauern.

Das juligelbe Land
Mit dem träumenden Wälderschweigen
Fern am duftigen Rand,
Darüber die Wolken steigen -

O, wie sag ich nur,
Was alles mein Wünschen ins Weite führt!
Mich hat des Glücks eine leuchtende Spur
Mit zitternder Schwinge berührt.

Text Authorship:

  • by Gustav Falke (1853 - 1916), "Sommerglück"

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