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[Wann]1 über Berge sich der Nebel breitet, Und Luna mit Gewölken kämpft, So nimmt der Alte seine [Harf']2, und schreitet, Und singt waldeinwärts und gedämpft: "Du heil'ge Nacht! Bald ist's vollbracht. Bald schlaf ich ihn Den langen Schlummer, Der mich erlöst Von [jedem]3 Kummer." Die grünen Bäume rauschen dann, Schlaf süß du guter alter Mann; Die Gräser lispeln wankend fort, Wir decken seinen Ruheort; Und mancher [traute]4 Vogel ruft, O [laßt]5 ihn ruh'n in Rasengruft! - Der Alte horcht, der Alte schweigt - Der Tod hat sich zu ihm geneigt.
Confirmed with Gedichte von Johann Mayrhofer. Wien. Bey Friedrich Volke. 1824, page 12.
1 Schubert: "Wenn"2 Schubert: "Harfe"
3 Schubert: "allem"
4 Schubert: "liebe"
5 Schubert (Alte Gesamtausgabe): "laß"
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Nachtstück" [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Nachtstück", op. 148 (Drei Gesänge für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 1, published 1857 [ ttbb chorus a cappella ], Braunschweig: C. Weinholtz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Nachtstück", op. 36 (Zwei Lieder) no. 2, D 672 (1819), published 1825 [ voice, piano ], Cappi und Comp., VN 60, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Nocturn", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Nachtstuk", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Nocturne", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Nocturne", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Pupillo) (Claretta Manara) , "Notturno", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Juan Henríquez Concepción) , "Nocturno", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Als over bergen zich de nevel uitbreidt, De maan door wolken wordt geremd, Dan neemt de oude man zijn harp op en schrijdt Naar 't woud toe, zingend zacht gedempt: "Jij, heil'ge nacht, Dra is 't volbracht, Dra komt voor mij de lange morgen, Die mij verlost van alle zorgen." De groene bomen ruisen dan: "Slaap zacht, jij goede, oude man." De grassen lisp'len, wuivend zacht: "Zijn rustplaats krijgt van ons een vacht." En menige lieve vogel pleit: "In 'n bed van gras hem neergevlijd!" De oude zwijgt, hij hoort een stem, De dood buigt zich al over hem.
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- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2005 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Nachtstück"
This text was added to the website: 2005-09-01
Line count: 16
Word count: 99