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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:
- Set to music by Josef Schelb (1894 - 1977), "In die Nacht gesungen", from 4 Lieder der Besinnung, no. 4
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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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- 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
Line count: 20
Word count: 92
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!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2024 by Sharon Krebs, (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.
Based on:
- 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
Line count: 20
Word count: 117