Night comes now, so blue, so warm

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by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Nun kommt die Nacht, so blau, so warm

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Nun kommt die Nacht, so blau, so warm,
Es ist der Tag verweht,
Die Seele ruht in Gottes Arm
Und flüstert ein Gebet.

  Und wie sie fleht, da brechen sacht,
Die Sterne all' hervor --
Als öffne sich in dieser Nacht
Des Himmels golden Thor.

  O heil'ge Nacht, so liebeswarm,
Es ist der Tag verweht,
Die Seele ruht in Gottes Arm
Und flüstert ein Gebet.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Franz Alfred Muth, Waldblumen, Dritte, durchaus ausgewählte und reich vermehrte Auflage, Paderborn: Druck und Verlag von Ferdinand Schöningh, 1885, page 41.

Text Authorship:

by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), "Augustnacht", appears in Waldblumen, in 1. Naturstimmen [3rd edition] [author's text checked 2 times 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 Friedrich Wilhelm Markull (1816 - 1887), "Nun kommt die Nacht, so blau, so warm", op. 137 (Sieben Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 2, published 1884 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, M. Hesse [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2020, (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: 2019-08-24
Line count: 12
Word count: 65

Night comes now, so blue, so warm

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  Night comes now, so blue, so warm,
The day has dissipated,
The soul rests in God’s arms
And whispers a prayer.

  And as [the soul] pleads, the stars
All burst forth gently --
As if in this night Heaven's
Golden gateway were opening.

  Oh holy night, so fervent with love,
The day has dissipated,
The soul rests in God’s arms
And whispers a prayer.

About the headline (FAQ)

Translations of title(s):
"Augustnacht" = "August night"
"Nun kommt die Nacht, so blau, so warm" = "Night comes now, so blue, so warm"

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), "Augustnacht", appears in Waldblumen, in 1. Naturstimmen [3rd edition]
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This text was added to the website: 2020-10-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 64