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by Rudolf Georg Binding (1867 - 1938)

Sommernacht
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wie so sanft sich Licht in Dunkel
wandelt, fast als wär’s das Gleiche.
Dunstgespinst von ewger Kunkel
sinkt auf dämmernde Bereiche.

Baum und Strauch und Wiesen gleiten
aus den Fesseln der Begrenzung
wie erlöst in den befreiten
Raum der zarteren Beglänzung.

Still ins Mondlicht ausgebreitet
scheint sich alles nun verwandter
und des Leibs vergessen gleitet
Seel und Seele zueinander.

Text Authorship:

  • by Rudolf Georg Binding (1867 - 1938), "Sommernacht", appears in Spätere Gedichte, in Tag der Erde und des Erlebens [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 Hilde Kocher-Klein (1894 - 1975), "Sommernacht", op. 86 (Sieben Lieder für Sopran und Klavier) no. 7 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2023-09-10
Line count: 12
Word count: 59

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