Goedenacht! De karmozijn geurende roos

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by Agnes Lockhart Hughes , as A. H. Lockhart

Translation © by Joost van der Linden

Good night

Language: English

Our translations: DUT

Good night! The crimson scented rose
Droops low her pretty head
And the little grasses long ago
Their evening prayers have said.
Night’s starry eyes are blinking
At the moonbeam's silvery light
While the lily hides her golden heart
And whispers soft, -- “Good night”

The wind is idly rocking
The songbird in its nest
And a silence deep is brooding
O’er the sleeping world at rest.
A sweet good night to you, dear heart --
A morn with radiance bright,
And be it night or be it day --
God keep you, [dear]¹, good night!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• A. Beach

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Confirmed with Good Health, Good Health Publishing Company, 1910.

¹ Beach: "love"

Text Authorship:

by Agnes Lockhart Hughes , as A. H. Lockhart, "Good night" [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 Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867 - 1944), "Good night", op. 48 (Four Songs) no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Joost van der Linden) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

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Goedenacht! De karmozijn geurende roos

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the English

Goedenacht! De karmozijn geurende roos
Laar haar mooie hoofdje hangen
Waar het gras al lang
Haar avondgebedje schoot.
De oogjes van de nacht blinken reeds
Bij het zil’vren licht van manestralen
Terwijl de lelie haar gouden hart verstopt
En zacht fluistert, - “Goedenacht”

De wind is wiegt doelloos
Vogelgezang stijg uit het nest
Een broedende stilte heerst
Over de wereld heerst een rust
Een zoete nachtrust voor jou, mijn dierbare
En een morgen met stralende pracht
En of het nu nacht is of dag
God bewaart jou, lieverd, goedenacht

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a text in English by Agnes Lockhart Hughes , as A. H. Lockhart, "Good night"
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This text was added to the website: 2021-03-05
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Word count: 88