Those who hatch eggs in the forest | Now the moon travels through the night of clouds

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by Theodor Storm (1817 - 1888)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Nun geht der Mond durch Wolkennacht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): ENG

Nun geht der Mond durch Wolkennacht,
Nun ist der Tag herum;
Da schweigen alle Vögel bald
Im Walde um und um.

Die Drossel pfeift ihr letztes Stück,
Ein Stück zu allerbest;
Die Amsel schlägt den letzten Ton
Und fliegt zu Nest, zu Nest.

Da nehm auch ich zu guter Nacht
Zur Hand die Geige mein;
Das ist ein klingend Nachtgebet
Und steigt zum Himmel ein.

E. Lassen sets stanzas 2-?

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Authorship:

by Theodor Storm (1817 - 1888), no title, appears in Fiedel-Lieder, no. 4 [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 Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Die Waldbrüter", op. 46 (Fünf Lieder) no. 4, published 1875, stanzas 2-? [ voice, viola, and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]

Set in a modified version by Heinrich, Freiherr von Bach, as Heinrich Molbe, Heinrich von Eyken, Josef Giehrl, Eugen Gottlieb, Hans Huber, Franz Mücke, Carl Reuther, Karl Thiessen.

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Those who hatch eggs in the forest", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-09-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 65

Those who hatch eggs in the forest

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Now the moon travels through the night of clouds,
Now the day is over;
Thereupon all the birds soon fall silent
In the forest round about.

The thrush whistles its last piece,
A song to the best of its ability;
The merle throbs out the last sound
And flies to its nest, its nest.

Then I too for a good night
Take my violin to hand;
That is a ringing evening prayer
And rises up to enter Heaven.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Theodor Storm (1817 - 1888), no title, appears in Fiedel-Lieder, no. 4

This text was added to the website: 2014-01-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 78