O Nacht, du Sternenbronnen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG FRE
O Nacht, du Sternenbronnen,
ich bade Leib und Geist
in deinen tausend Sonnen--
O Nacht, die mich umfleußt
mit Offenbarungswonnen,
ergib mir, was du weißt!
O Nacht, du tiefer Bronnen ...
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Christian Morgenstern, Wir fanden einen Pfad. Gedichte, München: R. Piper & Co Verlag, 1966, page 13
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Marius Flothuis (1914 - 2001), "O Nacht", op. 3 (Vier liederen) no. 3 (1938), orchestrated 1939 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Hermann Franz Graener (1872 - 1944), "O Nacht, du tiefer Bronnen", op. 50 (Vier Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "O Nacht", op. 59 (Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Christian Morgenstern) no. 2 (1928), published 1934 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mathilde von Kralik (1857 - 1944), "O Nacht", 1929 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Vietor (flourished 1905-1930), "O Nacht", op. 11 no. 14 (1933-4) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henri Zagwijn (1878 - 1954), "O Nacht", 1918 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Oh night", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Ô nuit", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust
[Administrator] , Sharon Krebs
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2004-11-24
Line count: 7
Word count: 31
Oh night
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Oh night, you fount of stars,
Body and mind lave
In your thousand suns --
Oh night, that floods around me
With bliss of revelation,
Reveal to me, what you know!
Oh night, you deep fount ...
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This text was added to the website: 2004-11-28
Line count: 7
Word count: 36