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by Siegfried August Mahlmann (1771 - 1826)

Nachtlied
 (Sung text for setting by A. Harder)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die Erde ruht, das Herz erwacht;
Auf strebt der innre Sinn!
Die Engelwelt voll Glanz und Pracht
Zieht still und ruhig durch die Nacht
Der Menschen hin.

Das Auge hebt sich himmelan,
Vom Erdenspiel und Tand!
Die Hoffnung spricht: des Lebens Bahn
Führt aufwärts zu dem Sternenplan,
Ins Vaterland!

Der Engel, den der Staub noch hält,
fliegt seinen Brüdern zu.
O Gottes Land, von Glanz erhellt,
wenn alles um uns welkt und fällt,
du gibst uns Ruh'!

Composition:

    Set to music by August Harder (1775 - 1813), "Nachtlied", op. 1 (Gesänge für die Guitarre) no. 2 [ voice and guitar ], Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel

Text Authorship:

  • by Siegfried August Mahlmann (1771 - 1826), "Nachtlied", appears in Kleine Erzählungen, Gedichte und prosaische Aufsätze

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Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 80

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