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Säus'le, liebe Myrthe! Wie still ist's in der Welt, Der Mond, der Sternenhirte Auf klarem Himmelsfeld, Treibt schon die Wolkenschafe Zum Born des Lichtes hin, Schlaf, mein Freund, o schlafe, Bis ich wieder bei dir bin! Säus'le, liebe Myrthe! Und träum' im Sternenschein, Die Turteltaube girrte Auch ihre Brut schon ein. Still ziehn die Wolkenschafe Zum Born des Lichtes hin, Schlaf, mein Freund, o schlafe, Bis ich wieder bei dir bin!
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Confirmed with Clemens Brentano's gesammelte schriften. Zweiter Band. Weltliche Gedichte, ed. by Christian Brentano, Frankfurt am Main, J. D. Sauerländer's Verlag, 1852, pages 441-442.
Note: the spelling of "Myrthe" has undergone a few spelling reforms, and might be seen variously as "Myrte" or "Mirte".
Text Authorship:
- by Clemens Maria Wenzeslaus von Brentano (1778 - 1842), no title, appears in Das Märchen von dem Myrtenfräulein [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 Egon Kornauth (1891 - 1959), "Säus'le, liebe Myrthe!", op. 34 (4 Lieder) no. 4, published 1936 [ voice and piano ], Vienna-Leipzig-Berlin: Doblinger
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text not yet checked]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Säusle, liebe Myrte!", op. 68 (Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Clemens Brentano) no. 3 (1918-1919)
Score: IMSLP [external link]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Ruis maar, lieve mirte!", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 71
Sussurra, caro mirto! Che pace c'è nel mondo, la luna, il pastore delle stelle, sui luminosi campi del cielo, conduce già il gregge delle nuvole verso là dove nasce la luce, dormi, amico mio, dormi, fin che io sarò di nuovo da te! Sussurra, caro mirto! E sogna alla luce delle stelle, la tortora ha già finito di tubare e di covare. Tacito va il gregge delle nuvole verso là dove nasce la luce, dormi, amico mio, dormi, fin che io sarò di nuovo da te!
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Note for line 6: if "wenn", use "quando"
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2005 by Amelia Maria Imbarrato, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Clemens Maria Wenzeslaus von Brentano (1778 - 1842), no title, appears in Das Märchen von dem Myrtenfräulein
This text was added to the website: 2005-10-15
Line count: 16
Word count: 86