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by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910) and sometimes misattributed to Gustav Falke (1853 - 1916)

Laue Sommernacht: am Himmel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Laue Sommernacht: am Himmel
Stand kein Stern, im weiten Walde
Suchten wir uns tief im Dunkel,
Und wir fanden uns.

Fanden uns im weiten Walde
In der Nacht, der sternenlosen,
Hielten staunend uns im Arme
In der dunklen Nacht.

War nicht unser ganzes Leben
So ein Tappen, so ein Suchen?
Da: In seine Finsternisse
Liebe, fiel Dein Licht.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910), "Gefunden" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
  • sometimes misattributed to Gustav Falke (1853 - 1916)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Heinrich, Freiherr von Bach (1835 - 1915), as Heinrich Molbe, "Gefunden", op. 106 (Sechs Lieder von Otto Julius Bierbaum für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung) no. 4, published 1903 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Rudolf C. Lindner & Rörich [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Anna Cramer (1873 - 1968), "Gefunden", op. 2 no. 3, published 1907 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Gedichte, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Alma Mahler (1879 - 1964), "Laue Sommernacht", published 1910 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Fünf Lieder, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Paul Scheinpflug (1875 - 1937), "Gefunden", op. 1 (Sechs Gesänge für mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1 [ medium voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Fritz Weinmann (1878 - 1905), "Gefunden", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 5, München, Schmid Nachf. [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright © 2017
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Douce nuit d'été", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 58

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