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by Eliška Krásnohorská (1847 - 1926)
Translation by Ottilie Kleinschrod, née Stieler (1830 - 1913), as Ottilie Stieler

Gute Nacht
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Czech (Čeština) 
Our translations:  ENG
Schlafet Wälder, schlafet Matten,
  Hold umfang' euch süßer Traum!
Treue Wache halten Sterne
  Über euch im lichten Raum.

Neiget Rosen, neiget Blüten
  Eure Blättchen frisch bethaut;
Schlafet Rosen! Tändelnd wieget
  Euch in Schlaf ein Lüftchen traut.

Schlafet Wellen; doch ihr flüstert
  Fort im Traum und ruhet nicht;
Berget schaukelnd noch im Schooße
  Sehnsuchtsvoll das Mondenlicht.

Schlaf' mein Herz! Doch banges Träumen
  Dieses Herz erbeben macht;
Heimlich wiegt es holde Bilder,
  Seufzt in Sehnsucht: Gute Nacht!

Confirmed with O. Malybrok-Stieler, Lyrische Gedichte und Übertragungen nach böhmischer Kunst- und Volks-Poesie, Prag: Druck und Verlag von J. Otto, 1887, page 156.


Text Authorship:

  • by Ottilie Kleinschrod, née Stieler (1830 - 1913), as Ottilie Stieler, "Gute Nacht!", appears in Lyrische Gedichte und Übertragungen nach böhmischer Kunst- und Volks-Poesie, in 2. Übertragungen , in Nach böhmischen Dichtern [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Czech (Čeština) by Eliška Krásnohorská (1847 - 1926) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Emil Krause (1840 - 1916), "Gute Nacht", op. 64 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Hoffmann [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Good night!", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2022-01-25
Line count: 16
Word count: 75

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