Woodland night | Woodland night, refreshing wonder

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by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

[No title]

(Sung text for setting by R. Kahn)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE

Waldesnacht, du wunderkühle, 
Die ich tausend Male grüß',
Nach dem lauten Weltgewühle,
O wie ist dein Rauschen süß!
Träumerisch die müden Glieder
Berg' ich weich in Moos,
Und mir ist, als würd' ich wieder
All der irren Qualen los.

 ... 

In den heimlich engen Kreisen,
Wird dir wohl, du wildes Herz,
Und ein Friede schwebt mit leisen
Flügelschlägen niederwärts.
Singet, holde Vogellieder,
Mich in Schlummer sacht!
Irre Qualen, löst euch wieder;
Wildes Herz, nun gute Nacht!

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3 of the original text.

Composition:

Robert Kahn

Sieben Lieder mit Klaviertrio nach Paul Heyses "Jungbrunnen"

Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Der Jungbrunnen: Neue Märchen von einem fahrenden Schüler, in Glückspilzchen, Chapter 3, first published 1850

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Wondrously cool woodland night", copyright ©
ENG English [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "Woodland night", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Forested night", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Nuit de la forêt", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 115

Woodland night

(Sung text translation for setting by R. Kahn)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Woodland night, refreshing wonder,
whom a thousandfold I greet.
After all the wordly thunder,
oh, how are your murmurs sweet!
Dreamily I settle, weary,
on the mossy bed,
and I feel as if my eerie
anguish could again be shed.

 ... 

In the graceful, secret bowers
you, wild heart, feel more at home,
and a solemn silence showers
softly from the sylvan dome.
Nightbirds' songs, reverberating,
make my slumber light.
All my anguish is abating,
rest wild heart, good night, good night.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3 of the original text.

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Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2007 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Der Jungbrunnen: Neue Märchen von einem fahrenden Schüler, in Glückspilzchen, Chapter 3, first published 1850
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