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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Wandrers Nachtlied

(Sung text for setting by T. Kirchner)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: AFR CAT CHI DUT ENG FRE FRL GRE HUN ITA SPA

Der du von den Himmeln bist,
Alles Leid und Schmerzen stillest,
Den, der doppelt elend ist,
Doppelt mit Erquickung füllest,
Ach ich bin des Treibens müde!
Was soll all der Schmerz und Lust?
Süßer Friede,
Komm, ach komm in meine Brust!

First published in Christliches Magazin Herausgegeben von Joh. Konrad Pfenninger, Dritter Band, 1780, page 243, with the musical setting by Ph. Ch. Kayser.

Notes
Line 1: Backer-Grøndahl’s score has a comma after the first word (likely a typo)
Line 8: Backer-Grøndahl's score has a typo in word 5 ("meiner" instead of "meine")

Composition:

Theodor Fürchtegott Kirchner

Text Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Wandrers Nachtlied", written 1776, first published 1780

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

AFR Afrikaans [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Trekkers nachtlied", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Wanderer's night song", copyright ©
ENG English (Edgar Alfred Bowring) , "The wanderer's night-song", appears in The Poems of Goethe, first published 1853
ENG English [singable] (Charles Fonteyn Manney) , "O thou who from heaven art", first published 1911
ENG English [singable] (John Troutbeck, Rev. Dr.) , "The Wanderer's Night-Song"
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le chant de nuit du voyageur I", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRL Friulian (Ermes Culos) , "Tu ch'i ti vèns dal paradìs", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Canto notturno del viandante II", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Lewis Grenville) , "La cancion nocturna del caminante", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Peter Rastl [Guest Editor] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 48

Le chant de nuit du voyageur I

(Sung text translation for setting by T. Kirchner)

See original

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Toi qui es du ciel,
Tu calmes peines et souffrances,
Celui qui est deux fois plus misérable,
Tu le réconfortes doublement,
Ah, je suis fatigué de courir !
Pourquoi tous ces tourments et plaisirs ?
Douce paix,
Viens, ah viens en mon cœur !

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2009 by Pierre Mathé, (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 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Wandrers Nachtlied", written 1776, first published 1780
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-17
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Word count: 41