Nachtfeyer | Nacht und Träume | Heil'ge Nacht, du sinkest nieder

by Matthäus Kasimir von Collin (1779 - 1824)

Nacht und Träume

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT CHI DUT ENG FRE IRI ITA JPN NOR SPA SPA

Heil'ge Nacht, du sinkest nieder;
Nieder wallen auch die Träume,
Wie dein Licht durch diese Bäume,
Lieblich durch der Menschen Brust;
Die belauschen sie mit Lust,
Rufen, wenn der Tag erwacht:
Kehre wieder heil'ge Nacht,
Holde Träume kehret wieder.

Note: Schubert received Collin's poem in handwritten form. It was later published (posthumously) in a slightly different version, with the title Nachtfeyer, together with another version of the same poem, titled Nacht und Träume, which has also been incorporated in Collin's dramatic fragment Fortunats Abfahrt von Cypern; see below.

Composition:

Gunnar de Frumerie

Text Authorship:

by Matthäus Kasimir von Collin (1779 - 1824), "Nachtfeyer"

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Research team for this page: David Gordon , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 39