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by Sándor Petőfi (1823 - 1849)
Translation by László Neugebauer von Aszód (1845 - 1919)

Sel'ge Nacht! Ich sitz' im Gärtchen; mir...
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Hungarian (Magyar) 
Sel'ge Nacht! Ich sitz' im Gärtchen; mir zur Seit' 
Traulichen Geplauders, die geliebte Maid; 
Ringsum Stille, nur im Dorfe tönt Gebell... 
Hoch am dunkeln 
Himmel funkeln 
Mond und Sterne zauberhell. 

Keinen braven Stern besäss an mir die Welt; 
Weiss es Gott, ich bliebe nicht am Himmelszelt,
Was auch sollte mir des Himmelreiches Pracht! 
Immer wieder 
Flög ich nieder 
Her zum Liebchen jede Nacht.

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Confirmed with Geschichte der Weltlitteratur, Band X (volume 10), Geschichte der ungarischen Litteratur, Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Friedrich, 1889, pages 615-616.


Text Authorship:

  • by László Neugebauer von Aszód (1845 - 1919), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Hungarian (Magyar) by Sándor Petőfi (1823 - 1849) [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 Jan (or Johann) Sluníčko (1852 - 1923), "Sel'ge Nacht! Ich sitz' im Gärtchen", op. 14 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Augsburg, Böhm & Sohn [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2016-03-16
Line count: 12
Word count: 63

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