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by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942)

Nachtwandel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
  Ich wandelte in tiefer Nacht,
in tiefer Ruh, in tiefem Tod.
[Und kein Gedanke glühte]1 mehr.
Ich wandelte in tiefer Nacht
in [einen]2 tiefen Tannenforst,
in stätem Schritt, gar mühelos,
wohl hinter einem Fuhrwerk drein.
Auf hohem Sitz der Fuhrmann saß.
Noch rief ich manchmal nachtverträumt:
"Halt an, halt an und nimm mich mit."
Doch war's mir nicht mehr Ernst damit.
Ich fühlte ja, er nahm mich mit,
er nahm auch so mich mit . . .

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   F. Benndorf 

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Confirmed with Alfred Mombert, Tag und Nacht. Gedichte, Heidelberg: Verlag von J. Hörning, 1894, page 110

1 Benndorf: "Mir glühte kein Gedanke"
2 Benndorf: "einem"

Text Authorship:

  • by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942), "Nachtwandel", appears in Tag und Nacht: Gedichte, first published 1894 [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 Friedrich Kurt Benndorf (1871 - 1945), "Nachtwandel", published 1929. [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Nighttime wandering", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Harry Joelson

This text was added to the website: 2007-06-30
Line count: 13
Word count: 77

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