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

Ich wandre durch die stille Nacht
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Ich wandre durch die stille Nacht,
Da schleicht der Mond so heimlich sacht
Oft aus der dunklen Wolkenhülle,
Und hin und her im Tal,
Erwacht die Nachtigall
Dann wieder alles grau und stille.

O wunderbarer Nachtgesang,
Von fern im Land der Ströme Gang,
Leis Schauern in den dunklen Bäumen --
Wirr'st die Gedanken mir,
Mein irres Singen hier 
Ist wie ein Rufen nur aus Träumen.

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Confirmed with Joseph von Eichendorff, Sämtliche Gedichte und Versepen, Frankfurt am Main und Leipzig: Insel Verlag, 2001, page 264.

Note: First published in the appendices to the novellas Taugenichts and Marmorbild, 1826, in the cycle Nachtbilder (no. 1)


Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Nachts", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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