June night | Under blossoming linden trees I walked

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by P. Thimotheus Kranich (1870 - 1947)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Juninacht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ich ging unter blühenden Linden
In den dämmernden Abend hinein . . .
Es war mir, als müßte ich finden
In der Nacht den Morgenschein. - -

Und eh' noch am Himmel entschwanden
Die bleichen Lilien der Nacht,
Da waren in rosigen Landen
Viel sehnende Augen erwacht.

Ich ging, wie von Träumen umwoben . .
Das Wunder -- ich hatt' es geschaut:
Den leuchtenden Himmel da droben
Und seine erglühende Braut!

Text Authorship:

by P. Thimotheus Kranich (1870 - 1947), "Juninacht", appears in Fink und Nachtigall: Lieder aus dem Klosterfrieden, in Frühlingsstrophe, Ravensburg, Verlag von Friedrich Alber, first published 1908 [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 Max Springer (1877 - 1954), "Juninacht", op. 15 no. 2 [ voice and piano ], from Fink und Nachtigall. 7 Lieder aus dem Klosterfrieden, no. 2, Regensburg, Alfred Coppenrath's Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "June night", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2010-05-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 68

June night

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Under blossoming linden trees I walked
Into the twilit evening . . .
It seemed to me that in the night
I must find the glow of morning. - -

And before the pale lilies of night
Vanished upon the heavens,
In rosy lands there had awakened
Many yearning eyes.

I walked, as if enveloped in dreams . .
That wondrous thing -- I had seen it:
The shining heaven above
And his blushing bride!

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by P. Thimotheus Kranich (1870 - 1947), "Juninacht", appears in Fink und Nachtigall: Lieder aus dem Klosterfrieden, in Frühlingsstrophe, Ravensburg, Verlag von Friedrich Alber, first published 1908
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This text was added to the website: 2014-10-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 72