Night | On silver chains the world hangs

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by Heinrich Zerkaulen (1892 - 1954)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Die Nacht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

An silbernen Ketten hängt die Welt
Vom dunkelblauen Himmelszelt.
 
Wie eine Ampel silberschwer,
So schwingt sie leise hin und her.
 
Und aller Menschen Lust und Leid
Steigt aus der Ampel, erdbefreit.--
 
Ein einziger Ton nur klingt hinaus,
Als suche wer den Weg nach Haus . . .

Confirmed with Heinrich Zerkaulen, Erlebnis und Ergebnis. Begegnungen. Gedichte und Gesichte, Leipzig: Edmund Huyke Verlag, [1943], page 165

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Zerkaulen (1892 - 1954), "Die Nacht", appears in Erlebnis und Ergebnis. Begegnungen. Gedichte und Gesichte, in 2. Gesegneter Tag [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 Meta ter Kuile-Troxler (1895 - 1940), "Die Nacht", op. 10a (4 Lieder) no. 3, copyright © 1927 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Paul Richter (1875 - 1950), "Die Nacht", op. 84 no. ? [ voice and piano ], in the collection Lieder siebenbürgischer Komponisten, Book I [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Night", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Night

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

On silver chains the world hangs
From the dark blue canopy of heaven.
 
Like a heavy silver lamp
It swings quietly back and forth.
 
And the joy and sorrow of all people
Rises from the lamp, freed from the world. --
 
Only a single tone sounds forth from it
As if someone were seeking the way home . . .

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Zerkaulen (1892 - 1954), "Die Nacht", appears in Erlebnis und Ergebnis. Begegnungen. Gedichte und Gesichte, in 2. Gesegneter Tag
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This text was added to the website: 2016-09-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 59