Ik wandel door de stille nacht

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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Ich wandre durch die stille Nacht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: DUT FRE

Ich wandre durch die stille Nacht,
Da schleicht der Mond so heimlich sacht
Oft aus der dunkeln Wolkenhülle,
Und hin und her im Tal,
Erwacht die Nachtigall
Dann wieder alles grau und stille.

O wunderbarer Nachtgesang,
Von fern im Land der Ströme Gang,
Leis Schauern in den dunkeln Bäumen --
Irrst die Gedanken mir,
Mein wirres Singen hier,
Ist wie ein Rufen nur aus Träumen.

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First published in the appendices to the novellas Taugenichts and Marmorbild, 1826 in the cycle Nachtbilder (no. 1)

Text Authorship:

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Ich wandre durch die stille Nacht", first published 1837 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Nachtwanderer", op. 7 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Ernst Naumann (1832 - 1910), "Nachtwanderer", op. 3 (Fünf Lieder von J. von Eichendorff) no. 2, published 1861 [ voice and piano ], Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]

Set in a modified version by Heinrich Bellermann, Adolf Busch, Friedrich Curschmann, Richard Dünser, Karl Anton Florian Eckert, Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich, Robert Franz, Robert Gund, Ferdinand von Hiller, Hans Heinrich XIV, Graf Bolko von Hochberg, Friedrich Kiel, Theodor Fürchtegott Kirchner, Bernhard Klein, Paul Kletzki, Armin Knab, Egon Kornauth, Paul Müller-Zürich, Wilhelm Petersen, Albert Quinche, Max Reger, Aribert Reimann, Johann Roth, Heinrich Kaspar Schmid, Julius Stern, Ernst Edward Taubert, Friedrich Robert Volkmann, Erich Zeisl.

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Ik wandel door de stille nacht

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

Ik wandel door de stille nacht;
Dan doemt de maan vaak stil en zacht
Op uit de donk’re wolkenweidsheid,
En her en der in ’t dal
Ontwaakt de nachtegaal,
Dan wordt weer alles stil in grijsheid.
 
O wonderbaarlijk nachtgezang,
Van ver in ’t land de watergang,
Zacht huiverend de donk’re bomen –
Je maakt mij duiz’lig schier,
Mijn warrig zingen hier
Is als een roepen slechts uit dromen.

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Translation of title "Nachtwanderer" = "Nachtwandelaar"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Ich wandre durch die stille Nacht", first published 1837
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This text was added to the website: 2017-03-11
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Word count: 68