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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Nachtwanderer

(Sung text for setting by F. Hensel)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Ich wandre durch die stille Nacht,
Da schleicht der Mond so heimlich sacht
Oft aus der dunkeln Wolkenhülle,
Und hin und her im Tal,
Erwacht die Nachtigall
Dann wieder alles grau und stille.

O wunderbarer Nachtgesang,
Von fern im Land der Ströme Gang,
Leis Schauern in den dunkeln Bäumen --
Irrst die Gedanken mir,
Mein wirres Singen hier 
Ist wie ein Rufen nur aus Träumen.

Note: First published in the appendices to the novellas Taugenichts and Marmorbild, 1826, in the cycle Nachtbilder (no. 1)

Composition:

Fanny Hensel

Text Authorship:

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Nachts", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "I wander through the quiet night", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Je me promenais par une nuit silencieuse", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Di notte", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Je me promenais par une nuit silencieuse

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Hensel)

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

Je me promenais par une nuit silencieuse,
C'est là que la lune si secrète doucement
Se glisse souvent hors du sombre voile des nuages,
Et ça et là dans la vallée,
Le rossignol s'éveille
Puis tout redevient gris et silencieux.

Ô merveilleuse chanson de la nuit,
Cours du fleuve loin dans les terres,
Léger frisson dans les arbres sombres,
Tu me fais tourner la tête,
Ici, mon chant confus
Est comme un cri sortant d'un rêve.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Nachts", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder
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