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by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884)

Die Nacht war schwarz, die Luft war...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Die Nacht war schwarz, die Luft war schwül,
Ich fand nicht Schlaf auf meinem Pfühl,
Mein Sinn ward trüb und trüber: 
Da schritten die Tage der alten Zeit
Zu langem, langem Zug gereiht
Wehklagend mir vorüber: 

"Du hattest den Lenz und du hast ihn entlaubt,
Du hattest das Heil und du hast nicht geglaubt,
Du hattest ein Herz zum Lieben, 
Du hast es vertändelt mit eitlem Schein;
Nun bist du zuletzt allein, allein,
Mit deinem Jammer geblieben."

"Und wie du ringst in bangem Gebet,
Es ist zu spät, es ist zu spät, 
Du darfst von Rast [nicht]1 wissen:
Dein einsam Herz ist dein Gericht." --
Ich aber drückte mein Angesicht
Lautweinend in die Kissen.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   F. Lachner •   F. Lachner 

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Emanuel Geibel, Vierzehnte Auflage, Berlin: Verlag von Alexander Duncker, 1849, page 144.

1 Lachner: "nichts"

Text Authorship:

  • by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), "Reue" [author's text checked 2 times 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 H. Fuchs , "Die Reue", op. 3 [ baritone or alto and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Emil Hess , "Reue", op. 8 (Fünf Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1893 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Reue" [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Reue", op. 84 (Sieben Lieder für eine Bass- oder Altstimme mit begleitung des Piano-Forte) no. 2, published 1847 [ bass or alto and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Charles Mikuli (1819 - 1897), "Die Reue", op. 30, published 1880 [ baritone and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Amalie Karoline Luise Scholl (1823 - 1879), "Reue", published 1864 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder von E. Geibel, no. 1, Dresden, Friedel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Bertha Frensel Wegener-Koopman (1874 - 1953), "Reue", published 1909, from Vier Lieder, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Felix Paul Weingartner (1863 - 1942), "Reue", op. 18 no. 5 (1893), published 1896 [ voice and piano ], from Severa. Sechs ernste Lieder, no. 5, Berlin, Fürstner [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: John Versmoren , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 114

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