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by Franz Levi Hoffmann (1851 - 1898), as Arnold von der Passer

Ich ging in der Sommernacht ganz allein
 (Sung text for setting by E. Sjögren)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich ging in der Sommernacht ganz allein,
Da sah ich im Grase was liegen.
Ha!  rief ich, welch köstlicher Edelstein,
Und war doch nur Wasser und Mondenschein,
War alles nur Schein, nur Schein, nur Schein?
Wie traurig sich so zu betrügen. 

Ich sah in das funkelnde Auge hinein,
Den Himmel sah ich drin liegen.
Da glaubt' ich, du wärest für ewig mein,
Und hätte geschworen:  es müsse so sein.
War alles nur Schein, nur Schein, nur Schein?
Wie leicht so ein Herz zu betrügen.

Composition:

    Set to music by (Johan Gustaf) Emil Sjögren (1853 - 1918), "Ich ging in der Sommernacht ganz allein", WoO 26 (1885), published 1951 [ voice and piano ], confirmed with Tyska sånger för röst och piano, ed. by Anders Wiklund, reprinted from Emil Sjögren samlade Sånger texter på originalspråk med fransk översättning, Stockholm: Edition Suecia, c1949 - 1953, published 2013 by Levande Musikarchiv, Kungl. musikaliska akademien, Stockholm

Text Authorship:

  • by Franz Levi Hoffmann (1851 - 1898), as Arnold von der Passer

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