Nachtegaal | O nachtegaal

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by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Nachtigall

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

O Nachtigall,
Dein süßer Schall
[Dringt]¹ mir durch Mark und Bein.
Nein, trauter Vogel, nein!
Was in mir schafft so süße Pein,
Das ist nicht dein, --
Das ist von andern himmelschönen,
Nun längst für mich verklungenen Tönen
In deinem Lied ein leiser Widerhall.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• J. Brahms

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Confirmed with: C. Reinhold, Gedichte, Stuttgart: Carl Mäcken, 1853, page 11.

¹ Brahms: "er dringet"

Text Authorship:

by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856), "Nachtigall", written 1838, appears in Gedichte, in Lieder und vermischte Gedichte, first published 1853 [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Nachtigall", op. 97 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1 (<<1885), published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El rossinyol", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Nachtegaal", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Nightingale", copyright ©
ENG English [singable] (Virginia Woods) , "Nightingale"
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Rossignol", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Usignolo", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 44

Nachtegaal

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

O nachtegaal,
Jouw zoet getaal,
Het gaat mij echt door merg en been.
Neen, beste vogel, neen!
Wat in mij wekt die zoete pijn,
Kun jij niet zijn.
Dat komt van and're, wonderschone,
Al lang voor mij verklonkene tonen:
'k Hoor in jouw lied zacht terug hun oud verhaal!

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856), "Nachtigall", written 1838, appears in Gedichte, in Lieder und vermischte Gedichte, first published 1853
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This text was added to the website: 2014-03-25
Line count: 9
Word count: 49