Nachtviolen | Nachtviolen, Nachtviolen!

by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836)

Nachtviolen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Nachtviolen, Nachtviolen!
Dunkle Augen, seelenvolle, -
Selig ist es sich versinken
In den sammtnen Blau.

Grüne Blätter streben freudig
Euch zu hellen, euch zu schmücken;
Doch ihr blicket ernst und schweigend
In die laue Frühlingsluft.

Ja, so fesselt ihr den Dichter:
Mit erhabnem Wehmuthstrahle
Trafet ihr sein treues Herz.

Und nun blüht in stummen Nächten
Fort die heilige Verbindung.
Unaussprechlich, unbegriffen,
Und die Welt erbleicht und sinkt.

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• F. Schubert

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Note: Schubert received Mayrhofer's texts in handwriting; the manuscripts of his cycle Heliopolis, dedicated to Franz von Schober, are preserved in the Vienna City Library. The printed edition of Mayrhofer's poems appeared much later and presents the texts in a revised version. This poem (originally no. 4 of the cycle) is not part of the cycle in the printed edition of 1843. Here it is no. 1 of the cycle Nachtviolen.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Nachtviolen", D 752 (1822), published 1872 [ voice, piano ], J. P. Gotthard, VN 325-361, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2022-04-15
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