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by Friedrich von Hardenberg (1772 - 1801), as Novalis

The over journey (Hinüber wall' ich)
 (Sung text for setting by K. Erickson)
 Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE
Hinüber wall' ich,
Und jede Pein
Wird einst ein Stachel
Der Wollust seyn.
Noch wenig Zeiten,
So bin ich los,
Und liege trunken
Der Lieb' im Schooß.
Unendliches Leben
Wogt mächtig in mir;
Ich schaue von oben
Herunter nach dir.
An jenem Hügel
Verlischt dein Glanz -
Ein Schatten bringet
Den kühlenden Kranz.
O! sauge, Geliebter,
Gewaltig mich an,
Daß ich entschlummern
Und lieben kann.
Ich fühle des Todes
Verjüngende Flut,
Zu Balsam und Aether
Verwandelt mein Blut -
Ich lebe bey Tage
Voll Glauben und Muth,
Und sterbe die Nächte
In heiliger Glut.

Composition:

    Set to music by Kurt Erickson , "The over journey (Hinüber wall' ich)", first performed 2014 [ mezzo-soprano, viola, and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich von Hardenberg (1772 - 1801), as Novalis, no title, appears in Hymnen an die Nacht, no. 4, first published 1800

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Nachthymne", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "I am on a pilgrimage", copyright ©
  • ENG English (George MacDonald) , no title, appears in Rampolli: Growths from a Long Planted Root. Being Translations, New and Old, Chiefly from the German, first published 1897
  • ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Hymne à la nuit", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 28
Word count: 94

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