by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Bulbuls Nachtlied durch die Schauer
Drang zu Allahs lichtem Throne,
Und dem Wohlgesang zum Lohne
Sperrt' er sie in goldnen Bauer.
Dieser sind des Menschen Glieder.
Zwar sie fühlet sich beschränket:
Doch, wenn sie es recht bedenket,
Singt das Seelchen immer wieder.

Composition:

    Set to music by Wilhelm Petersen (1890 - 1957), "Bulbul (Die Nachtigall)", alternate title: "Bulbul (Die Nachtigall)", op. 40 (Goethe-Lieder) no. 6, published 1941

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Bulbul (The nightingale)", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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