Notte e sogni | O santa notte, tu piano discendi

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by Matthäus Kasimir von Collin (1779 - 1824)

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Nacht und Träume

(Sung text for setting by F. Schubert)

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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 Mondlicht durch die Räume,
Durch der Menschen stille Brust;
Die belauschen sie mit Lust,
Rufen, wenn der Tag erwacht:
Kehre wieder holde 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:

Franz Peter Schubert

Text Authorship:

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

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CHI Chinese (中文) (Yan-Jiang Che) , "夜與夢", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Nacht en dromen", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (David Gordon) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , "Oíche is brionglóidí", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Notte e sogni", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Natt og drømmer", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Martin Zubiria) , "Noche y ensueños", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , "Noche y sueños", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Notte e sogni

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Schubert)

See original

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)

O santa notte, tu piano discendi;
e, lievi ondeggiando, scendono anche i sogni,
come il tuo chiaro di luna nelle stanze,
nel cuore silenzioso degli uomini.
Essi con gioia ai sogni danno ascolto;
e tornano a evocarli quando è giorno: 
Ritorna pure ancora, notte santa!
E voi pure tornate, sogni d'incanto!

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