Wie geheimes Lispeln 
  Rieselt's durch die Nacht,
All die Blüten haben 
  Vor sich hingelacht,
Flüstern sich's einander zu
  Im [stillen Tal]1:
„Eine Heckenrose küßte
  [Der]2 Mondenstrahl.”

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Confirmed with Franz Evers, Deutsche Lieder, Berlin: G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1895, page 114. Appears in Nachtgesänge.

¹ Reger: "stillen, tiefen Tal"
² Reger: "Süß der"

Text Authorship:

• by Franz Evers (1871 - 1947), "Nachtgeschwätz", appears in Deutsche Lieder, in Nachtgesänge, Berlin: G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, first published 1895 [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 Max Höhne ( flourished c1900 ), "Nachtgeschwätz", published 1908 [ voice and piano ], from Sieben Gesänge, no. 1, Leipzig: Edmund Stoll [sung text not yet checked]
• by Willi von Möllendorf (1872 - 1934), "Nachtgeschwätz", op. 16 (Zwei Gesänge für gemischten Chor) no. 2 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], Leipzig: D. Rahter [sung text not yet checked]
• by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Nachtgeflüster", 1900, from Liebeslieder, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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