Sainte nuit! sainte nuit!

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by Clemens Maria Wenzeslaus von Brentano (1778 - 1842)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Heilige Nacht! Heilige Nacht!

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Heilige Nacht! Heilige Nacht!
Sterngeschloßner Himmelsfrieden!
Alles, was das Licht geschieden,
Ist verbunden,
Alle Wunden
Bluten süß im Abendrot.

Bjelbogs Speer, Bjelbogs Speer
Sinkt ins Herz der trunknen Erde,
Die mit seliger Gebärde
Eine Rose
In dem Schoße
Dunkler Lüste niedertaucht.

Züchtige Braut, züchtige Braut!
Deine süße Schmach verhülle,
Wenn des Hochzeitsbechers Fülle
Sich ergießet;
Also fließet
In die brünstige Nacht der Tag!

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Note: Bjelbog is a Slavic god of light.

Text Authorship:

by Clemens Maria Wenzeslaus von Brentano (1778 - 1842), no title, written 1812/4, appears in Die Gründung Prags, first published 1815 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Sainte nuit! sainte nuit!

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Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Sainte nuit! sainte nuit!
Enclose d'étoiles, paix du ciel!
Tout ce que la lumière a séparé
Est réuni
Toutes les blessures
Saignent doucement dans le rouge du soir.

Épieu de Bjelbog, épieu de Bjelbog
Plongé dans le coeur de la terre ivre,
Qui d'un geste pieux
A enfoncé une rose
Dans le sein
Des désirs ténébreux.

Chaste fiancée, chaste fiancée!
Voile ta douce langueur,
Quand le contenu de la coupe nuptiale
Se vide;
Ainsi le jour coule
Dans la nuit ardente.

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Note : Bjelbog est le "dieu clair", dieu de la lumière dans la mythologie slave

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Clemens Maria Wenzeslaus von Brentano (1778 - 1842), no title, written 1812/4, appears in Die Gründung Prags, first published 1815
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