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by Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg (1812 - 1864)

Die Nacht
 (Sung text for setting by L. Thuille)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE ITA JPN RUS SPA
Aus dem Walde tritt die Nacht,
Aus den Bäumen schleicht sie leise,
Sieht sich um im weiten Kreise,
    Nun gib Acht!

Alle Lichter dieser Welt,
Alle Blumen, alle Farben
Löscht sie aus und stiehlt die Garben
    Weg vom Feld.

Alles nimmt sie, was nur hold,
Nimmt das Silber weg des Stromes,
Nimmt vom Kupferdach des Domes
    Weg das Gold.

Ausgeplündert steht der Strauch:
Rücke näher, Seel' an Seele,
O die Nacht, mir bangt, sie stehle
    Dich mir auch.

Composition:

    Set to music by Ludwig Wilhelm Andreas Maria Thuille (1861 - 1907), "Die Nacht", op. 12 (Drei Gesänge) no. 2

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg (1812 - 1864), "Die Nacht", appears in Die letzten Blätter

See other settings of this text.

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Sílvia Pujalte Piñán) , "La nit", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De nacht", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Lawrence Snyder) (Rebecca Plack) , "The night", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (David Paley) , "Night", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "Night", first published 1897
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La nuit", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "La notte", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , "夜", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • RUS Russian (Русский) (Natalia Vyshynska) , "Ночь", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , "La noche", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Lawrence Snyder , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 82

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