In the stormy night | In the cool night, how I now

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by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wie bin ich nun in kühler Nacht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Wie bin ich nun in kühler Nacht
Im Wald herumgestrichen!
Die Bäume, noch von Regen schwer,
[Die]¹ wogten tropfend hin und her;
Hätt' nicht mein Herz gebrannt so sehr,
Nach Haus wär' ich gewichen.

Die lohe Glut kein Regen mag,
Kein Thau zu kühlen taugen.
Der rote Blitz entflammt' sie nicht,
Der jäh die schwarzen Eichen bricht;
Das that der Liebsten Angesicht
Mit den zwei lichten Augen.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• R. Kahn

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Note: later titled "Windsbraut" in collections and continues here

Confirmed with [Paul Heyse], Der Jungbrunnen: Neue Märchen von einem fahrenden Schüler, Berlin: Verlag von Alexander Duncker, Königl. Hofbuchhändler, 1850, pages 185-186.

¹ Kahn: "Sie"

Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Der Jungbrunnen: Neue Märchen von einem fahrenden Schüler, in Fedelint und Funzifudelchen, first published 1850 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Wie bin ich nun in kühler Nacht", op. 46 no. 4 (1906), published 1906 [ voice and piano trio ], from Sieben Lieder mit Klaviertrio nach Paul Heyses "Jungbrunnen", no. 4, Berlin: Verlag von Albert Stahl [sung text checked 1 time]
by Felix Semon, M. D. (1849 - 1921), "In der Sturmnacht", op. 8 (Zwölf Lieder aus dem "Jungbrunnen" v. P. Heyse) no. 11, published 1883 [ medium voice or low voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2009-04-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 68

In the stormy night

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

In the cool night, how I now
Prowled about in the forest!
The trees, still laden with rain,
They surged back and forth, dripping.
If my heart had not burned so,
I would have taken myself off home.

No rain, no dew suffice
To cool the raging blaze.
The red stroke of lightening, which suddenly
Splits the black oaks, did not ignite [the blaze];
That was accomplished by the face of my beloved
With its two bright eyes.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Der Jungbrunnen: Neue Märchen von einem fahrenden Schüler, in Fedelint und Funzifudelchen, first published 1850
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This text was added to the website: 2019-07-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 78