by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946)
Sommernacht
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ähren und Blumen sanken unter unserm Schritt. Den Duft der Reife nahmst du im Haare mit. Und taumelig weiter und weiter in Ähren und Blumen hinein! Über uns sangen die Sterne, und du [wardst]1 mein . . .
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Confirmed with Albert Sergel, Jenseits der Straße. Gedichte und Stimmungen, Rostock: C.J.E. Volckmann (Volckmann & Wette), 1905, page 20.
1 Kilpinen: "warst"Text Authorship:
- by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), "Sommernacht . .", appears in Jenseits der Strasse: Gedichte und Stimmungen, in Hinter Dorn und Heckenrosen [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 Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Sommernacht", op. 76 no. 2 (1932-1933?) [ voice and piano ], from Lauluja Albert Sergelin runoihin, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Summer night . .", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Kesäyö", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-10-23
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Word count: 39