The lilies glow in scents

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by Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Nachtlied

(Sung text for setting by L. Thuille)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Die Lilien glühn in Düften,
Die Blüthe spielt am Baum;
Hoch zieht in stillen Lüften
Im bunten Schmuck der Traum.

Und wo er blickt, da neigen
Die Blumen das Haupt überall;
Und wo er blickt, da schweigen
Waldrauschen und Nachtigall.

Mir wird das Herz so stille
In dieser milden Nacht;
Es bricht der eigne Wille,
Die alte Lieb' erwacht.

Fast ist's, als käm' ein Grüßen
Auf mich vom Himmelszelt,
Und Frieden möcht' ich schließen
Mit Gott und aller Welt.

Composition:

Ludwig Wilhelm Andreas Maria Thuille

Text Authorship:

by Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Jugendgedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Lieder als Intermezzo, no. 33

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2011-04-04
Line count: 16
Word count: 82

Night song

(Sung text translation for setting by L. Thuille)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The lilies glow in scents,
The blossom frolics upon the tree;
High up in the silent breezes
The dream travels, colourfully adorned.

And wherever it gazes, there
The flowers bend their heads everywhere;
And wherever it gazes there fall silent
The soughing of the forest and the nightingale.

My heart becomes so quiet
In this mild night;
My own will breaks,
The old love awakens.

It is almost as if a greeting came
Upon me from the heavenly vault,
And I would like to make peace
With God and with the whole world.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Jugendgedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Lieder als Intermezzo, no. 33
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This text was added to the website: 2024-02-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 94