by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Winternacht
 (Sung text for setting by B. Scholz)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CHI ENG FRE
Verschneit liegt rings die ganze Welt,
Nichts hab' ich, was mich freuet,
Verlassen steht der Baum im Feld,
Hat längst sein Laub verstreuet.

Der Wind geht nun in stiller Nacht
Und rüttelt an den Baume,
Da rührt er seine Wipfel sacht
Und redet wie im Traume.

Er träumt von künft'ger Frühlingszeit,
Von Grün und Quellenrauschen,
Wo er im neuen Blüten-Kleid
Zu Gottes Lob wird rauschen.

Composition:

    Set to music by Bernhard Ernst Scholz (1835 - 1916), "Winternacht", op. 4 no. 3, published 1857 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott

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

  • CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "冬夜", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Winter night", copyright © 2014
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Nuit d'hiver", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 69

Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
The whole world lies covered in snow,
Nothing brings me joy;
The tree stands desolate in the field,
Having long since shed its leaves.

Only the wind stirs in the silent night;
And rustling in the tree,
It gently shakes the treetop there
And makes it speak as if in a dream.

The tree is dreaming of the springtime to come,
Of the colour green, and of hissing springs,
Of a time when, in a new cloak of blossoms,
It will rustle in praise of God.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2014 by Emily Ezust

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