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by Matthäus Kasimir von Collin (1779 - 1824)

Heil'ge Nacht, du sinkest nieder
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT CHI DUT ENG FRE IRI ITA JPN NOR SPA SPA
Heil'ge Nacht, du sinkest nieder;
Nieder wallen auch die Träume,
Wie dein Licht durch diese Bäume,
Lieblich durch der Menschen Brust;
Die belauschen sie mit Lust,
Rufen, wenn der Tag erwacht:
Kehre wieder heil'ge Nacht,
Holde Träume kehret wieder.

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•   F. Schubert 

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Confirmed with Matthäus Edlen von Collin's nachgelassene Gedichte, ausgewählt und mit einem biographischen Vorworte begleitet von Joseph von Hammer. Zweytes Bändchen. Wien. Gedruckt und im Verlage bey Carl Gerold. 1827, page 149.

Note: Schubert received Collin's poem in handwritten form. It was later published (posthumously) in a slightly different version, with the title Nachtfeyer, together with another version of the same poem, titled Nacht und Träume, which has also been incorporated in Collin's dramatic fragment Fortunats Abfahrt von Cypern; see below.


Text Authorship:

  • by Matthäus Kasimir von Collin (1779 - 1824), "Nachtfeyer" [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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Research team for this page: David Gordon , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 44

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