by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Nachtgesang
 (Sung text for setting by W. Goethe)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE FRE ITA
O gieb, vom weichen Pfühle,
Träumend, ein halb Gehör!
Bei meinem Saitenspiele
Schlafe! was willst du mehr?

Bei meinem Saitenspiele
Segnet der Sterne Heer
Die ewigen Gefühle;
Schlafe! was willst du mehr?

Die ewigen Gefühle
Heben mich, hoch und hehr,
Aus irdischem Gewühle;
Schlafe! was willst du mehr?

 ...

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

Composition:

    Set to music by Walther von Goethe (1818 - 1885), "Nachtgesang", stanzas 1-3 [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cant nocturnal ", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Nachtgezang", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Night song", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant nocturne", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Chanson de la nuit", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Francesco Campanella) , "Canto notturno", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 88

Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
 O give, dreaming from your soft pillow,
 half an ear to me!
 To my lute's playing
 you sleep! what more do you want?

 To my lute's playing
 the set of stars blesses
 eternal feelings;
 you sleep! what more do you want?

 Those eternal feelings
 lift me sublimely high,
 away from the earthly crowd;
 you sleep! what more do you want?

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

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust

    Emily Ezust permits her translations to be reproduced without prior permission for printed (not online) programs to free-admission concerts only, provided the following credit is given:

    Translation copyright © by Emily Ezust,
    from the LiederNet Archive

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 112