Lofty, solemn night

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by Rudolf Alexander Schröder (1878 - 1962)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

In die Nacht gesungen

(Sung text for setting by J. Schelb)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Hohe, feierliche Nacht,
Unbegreifliches Gepränge,
Aug, das über unsre Enge
  Fragend in der Fremde wacht,
  Hohe, feierliche Nacht!

  Goldne Schrift am Firmament,
Ach, wer deutet uns im Blauen,
Das wir nur durch Tränen schauen, 
  Was so fern, so selig brennt,
  Goldne Schrift am Firmament?

  Dunkler Saal voll Sphärenklang,
Taub vom Lärm des eignen Lebens,
Hört das dumpfe Ohr vergebens
  Deiner Lichter Lobgesang,
  Dunkler Saal voll Sphärenklang!

  Holde Nacht, von Sternen klar,
Spende Trost, wem Trost mag werden,
Überm Elend aller Erden
  Wunder, ewig wunderbar,
  Holde Nacht, von Sternen klar!

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Composition:

Josef Schelb

4 Lieder der Besinnung

Text Authorship:

by Rudolf Alexander Schröder (1878 - 1962), "In der Nacht gesungen", written 1921-22, appears in Gedichte, in Die Geistlichen Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch: Mitte des Lebens, in Der Pilgrim

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Dr. Albert Schelb

This text was added to the website: 2018-03-19
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Word count: 92

Sung out into the night

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Schelb)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  Lofty, solemn night,
Incomprehensible splendour,
Eye that over our narrowness
  Questioningly keeps watch in foreign parts,
  Lofty, solemn night!

  Golden script upon the firmament,
Ah, who would interpret that which, in the blue,
We see only through tears,
  That which burns so distantly, so blessedly,
  Golden script upon the firmament?

  Dark vault full of the music of the spheres,
Deaf from the noise of its own life,
the dull ear hears in vain
  Your lights' paean of praise,
  Dark vault full of the music of the spheres!

  Lovely night of clear stars,
Dispense comfort to those who can receive it,
Over the misery of all the earth
  Wonder, eternally wondrous,
  Lovely night of clear stars!

Translations of title(s):
"In der Nacht gesungen" = "Sung at night"
"In die Nacht gesungen" = "Sung out into the night"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Rudolf Alexander Schröder (1878 - 1962), "In der Nacht gesungen", written 1921-22, appears in Gedichte, in Die Geistlichen Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch: Mitte des Lebens, in Der Pilgrim
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This text was added to the website: 2024-01-20
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