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by Christoph August Tiedge (1752 - 1841)

Heil'ge Nacht! du führest deine Globen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Heil'ge Nacht! du führest deine Globen
Still und friedlich durch den Himmelsraum;
Wohnet Licht und Friede nur dort oben?
Ist hienieden alles Traum?
Traumgestalten gleich, dahingeschwunden
Sind, im wilden [Kampfe]1 des Gewühls,
Die erhabnen, großen Weihestunden
Unsers zartesten Gefühls.

Hat der edle Sieger welke Kränze,
Hat er Totenkränze nur gepflegt,
Die er, [scheidend]2, an der öden Grenze
Dieses Lebens niederlegt?
Ruhe, dich! dich such' ich, holder Friede!
Suche dein Gestirn am Himmel auf;
Tief im Dunkel, tief verirrt und müde
Schließt dein Pilger seinen Lauf.

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1 Himmel: "Sturme"
2 Himmel: "schwindend"

Text Authorship:

  • by Christoph August Tiedge (1752 - 1841), no title, appears in Urania, in Erster Gesang (Klagen des Zweiflers) [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 Friedrich Heinrich Himmel (1765 - 1814), "Heil'ge Nacht! du führest deine Globen", 1814, published 1880, from Gesänge aus Tiedge's Urania, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-02-16
Line count: 16
Word count: 88

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