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by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856)

Sommernachtsseufzer
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
  Sommernächte, süßes Leben,
Wenn sich Hand in Hand verspürt,
Lippen zueinander streben,
Herz an Herz sich schwellend rührt!
 
  Knabe, sprich, und du kannst's [tragen]1,
Noch allein zu sein so spät,
Wenn der Nachtigallen [Klagen]2
Durch die lauen Lüfte geht?
 
  Wenn du wüßtest, was ich dächte,
Wüßtest, wer jetzt harret dein,--
In das kleine Fenster brächte
Dich ein kecker [Tritt]3 herein!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   G. Jenner 

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Confirmed with C. Reinhold, Gedichte, Stuttgart: Carl Mäcken, 1853, page 14; and confirmed with C. Reinhold, Die Kinder der Fremde, Bremen: Verlag von Franz Schlodtmann, 1847, pages 65-66.

1 "wagen" in the novella Die Kinder der Fremde
2 Jenner: "Schlagen"
3 Jenner: "Schritt"

Text Authorship:

  • by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856), "Sommernachtsseufzer", written 1836, appears in Gedichte, in Lieder und vermischte Gedichte, appears in Die Kinder der Fremde [a novella], first published 1847 [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  • by Gustav Jenner (1865 - 1920), "Sommernachtsseufzer", 1908 [ voice and piano ], unpublished; manuscript at the Hessisches Musikarchiv [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Sigh of a summer night", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2016-02-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 65

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