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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Wär's dunkel, ich läg' im Wald
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG ENG FRE
  Wär's dunkel, ich läg' im Wald,
Im Walde rauscht's so sacht,
Mit ihrem Sternenmantel
Bedecket mich da die Nacht,
Da kommen die Bächlein gegangen,
Ob ich schon schlafen thu'?
Ich schlaf' nicht, ich hör' noch lange
Den Nachtigallen zu,
Wenn die Wipfel über mir schwanken,
Es klinget die ganze Nacht,
Das sind im Herzen die Gedanken,
Die singen, wenn niemand wacht.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, Leipzig: C.F. Amelangs Verlag, 1892, page 228.


Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe, in Die Einsame, no. 3 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 71

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