To the nightingale | Stay here and sing

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by Elisabeth Kulmann (1808 - 1825)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

An die Nachtigall

(Sung text for setting by R. Schumann)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

  Bleibe hier und singe,
Liebe Nachtigall!
Dein Gesang erklinge
Schmetternd überall.

  Flur und Waldung lauschet,
Alles hört dir zu;
Nicht ein Blättchen rauschet,
Bleiben all in Ruh.

 ... 

  Hör' ich recht, so brauset
Minder jetzt der Bach,
Da hier Stille hauset,
Läßt sein Toben nach.

  Bleibe hier und singe,
Liebe Nachtigall!
Dein Gesang erklinge
Schmetternd überall.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4-5 of the original text.

Composition:

Robert Schumann

Mädchenlieder (Kulmann Lieder)

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Text Authorship:

by Elisabeth Kulmann (1808 - 1825), "Kinderlied an die Nachtigall", appears in Neue Gemäldesammlung in zwanzig Säälen [sic], in Sechster Saal, no. 2

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Aan de nachtegaal", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "To the nightingale", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Au rossignol", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2007-01-23
Line count: 20
Word count: 71

To the nightingale

(Sung text translation for setting by R. Schumann)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  Stay here and sing,
Dear nightingale!
Your song should ring out
Like a clarion call everywhere.

  Meadow and woodland hearken,
Everything listens to you;
Not a leaf rustles,
All of them remain still.

 ... 

  If I discern correctly,
The stream rushes less noisily now,
Since everything is silent here,
The stream's tumult abates.

  Stay here and sing,
Dear nightingale!
Your song should ring out
Like a clarion call everywhere.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4-5 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2010 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Elisabeth Kulmann (1808 - 1825), "Kinderlied an die Nachtigall", appears in Neue Gemäldesammlung in zwanzig Säälen [sic], in Sechster Saal, no. 2
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This text was added to the website: 2010-06-11
Line count: 20
Word count: 91