From sleep the nightingale has awoken me

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by (Karl) Wilhelm Osterwald (1820 - 1887)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Die Nachtigal hat mich vom Schlaf...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Die Nachtigal¹ hat mich vom Schlaf erweckt
   Mit ihrem süßen Gesange,
Wie hat ihr Schlag mich tief erschreckt,
   Wie pocht mir das Herz so bange!

Wohl hat der Mai in dieser Nacht
   Geschüttelt die goldenen Schwingen,
Und alle Blumen sind erwacht,
   Und alle Quellen springen.

Allein das Weh, das mich erfaßt
   Weicht nimmermehr von hinnen,
Ach! daß du mich vergessen hast,
   Das bringt mich noch von Sinnen.

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¹ [sic] - the poem was published with the spelling "Nachtigal"

Text Authorship:

by (Karl) Wilhelm Osterwald (1820 - 1887), "In der Nacht", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch: Lieder, no. 73, first published 1848 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Leander Schlegel (1844 - 1913), "Die Nachtigall hat mich vom Schlaf erwacht", op. 20 no. 11 (1900), published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Deutsche Liebeslieder. Ein Cyklus für 1 Singstimme und Pianofortebegleitung, no. 11, Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson

This text was added to the website: 2010-11-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 68

From sleep the nightingale has awoken me

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

From sleep the nightingale has awoken me
   With its sweet singing.
How the sound of its jugging deeply startled me ,
   How anxiously my heart beats!
 
Truly in this night May
   Has shaken its golden pinions,
And all the flowers have awakened
   And all the water springs are bubbling.
 
Only the pain that has grasped me
   Nevermore leaves me.
Ah! that you have forgotten me,
   That will yet drive me out of my senses.

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English poem title: In the night
English song title: From sleep the nightingale

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2013 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by (Karl) Wilhelm Osterwald (1820 - 1887), "In der Nacht", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch: Lieder, no. 73, first published 1848
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This text was added to the website: 2013-10-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 74