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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Die Nachtigall
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Vom fernen Süd' komm' ich auf Frühlingsschwingen
Um mit dem Sommer Freude dir zu bringen.
Zur Abendzeit, wenn Blumendüfte wallen
Im Buchenhain lass ich mein Lied erschallen.
 
Du fromme Seele, drückt dich schwere Sorge,
Am Abend komm, und meinem Sange horche.
Ich kenne Liebeslust und Liebesschmerzen,
Ich schaffe Trost dem gramgebeugten Herzen.
 
Ich bin nicht schön, doch meine Lieder könnten
Mit reichem Trost dein schmerzlich Seufzen wenden.
O möchten bei des armen Vögleins Singen
Im Buchenhain in's Aug' dir Thränen dringen.
 
Verschliess, o Mensch, dein Ohr nicht meinen Sängen!
O wenn sie rührend dir zu Herzen drängen.
Kannst du an ihnen dich mit Lust erlaben,
Wirst Liebe stets in deiner Brust du haben.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked 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 Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817 - 1890), "Die Nachtigall", op. 9 no. 10, published 1889 [vocal duet for 2 sopranos with piano], from Lieder im Volkston [first published as Neun Lieder im Volkston], no. 10, New York: G. Schirmer ; not included with the original publication of this opus, also set in English [ sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Niels Wilhelm Gade.
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This text was added to the website: 2016-05-05
Line count: 16
Word count: 113

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