Throughout my nights | Throughout my nights

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by Maria Eichhorn-Fischer (c1879 - 1908+), as Dolorosa

Translation © by Michael P Rosewall

Über meinen Nächten

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Über meinen Nächten 
Träumt ein leiser, goldner Klang; 
Scheues Flüstern in den Halmen, 
Dunkles Rauschen fremder Palmen, 
Halbverwehter Liebessang. 

Über meinen Nächten 
Glühn und leuchten grosse Sterne, 
Sonnenhaft aus tiefem Blau; 
Deine Augen, schöne Frau, 
Grüßen mich aus weiter Ferne...

Über meinen Nächten 
Weint ein unvergessenes Weh;
Daß ich deine Lilienreinheit, 
Deiner Locken Glanz und Feinheit 
Niemals widerseh'.

Text Authorship:

by Maria Eichhorn-Fischer (c1879 - 1908+), as Dolorosa [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 Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Über meinen Nächten", 1902 [ voice and piano ], from Jugendlieder, Vol. I (1901-04), no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , "Durant les meves nits", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Throughout my nights", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Au-dessus de mes nuits", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2011-06-03
Line count: 15
Word count: 58

Throughout my nights

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Throughout my nights
Dreams a quiet, golden sound;
Bashful whispering in the reeds,
Dark rustling of exotic palms,
Songs of love half-wafted away.

Throughout my nights
Large stars glow and sparkle,
Like suns out of the deep blue,
Your eyes, beautiful woman,
Greeting me out of the vast distance.

Throughout my nights
Laments an unforgettable grief:
That your loving purity,
Your hair’s lustre and elegance,
I nevermore might see again.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Maria Eichhorn-Fischer (c1879 - 1908+), as Dolorosa
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This text was added to the website: 2020-01-04
Line count: 15
Word count: 70