In the silent night

Attention! Some of this material is not in the public domain.

It is illegal to copy and distribute our copyright-protected material without permission. It is also illegal to reprint copyright texts or translations without the name of the author or translator.

To inquire about permissions and rates, contact Emily Ezust at licenses@email.lieder.example.net

If you wish to reprint translations, please make sure you include the names of the translators in your email. They are below each translation.

Note: You must use the copyright symbol © when you reprint copyright-protected material.

by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

In verschwiegener Nacht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

In verschwiegener Nacht
Hab' ich deiner gedacht
Und mit sehnendem Gruß
Dich gegrüßet.

Hab' geweint und gelacht
In der heimlichen Nacht
Und mit seligem Kuß
Dich geküsset.

Als das Morgenlicht kam
Und die Träume mir nahm,
Hab' ich einsam die Wonne
Gebüßet.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• W. Courvoisier

About the headline (FAQ)

View text with all available footnotes

Confirmed with Anna Ritter, Gedichte, Einundzwanzigst Auflage, Stuttgart und Berlin: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1905, page 37.

Text Authorship:

by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "In verschwiegener Nacht", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Das Ringlein sprang entzwei, no. 21 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Go to the general view

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-02-24
Line count: 12
Word count: 43

In the silent night

NOTE: the footnotes have been removed from this text; return to general view

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

In the silent night
I thought of you
And with a yearning greeting
I greeted you.

I wept and I laughed
In the secret night
And with a blissful kiss
I kissed you.

When the morning light came
And took my dreams away,
I paid the price for such bliss
In solitude.

About the headline (FAQ)

View text with all available footnotes

Translations of title(s):
"In verschwiegener Nacht hab' ich deiner gedacht" = "In the silent night I thought of you"
"In verschwiegener Nacht" = "In the silent night"

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2019 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
Contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "In verschwiegener Nacht", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Das Ringlein sprang entzwei, no. 21
- Go to the text page.

Go to the general view

This text was added to the website: 2019-05-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 53