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[Wenn]1 durch Berg und Tale draußen Regen schauert, Stürme brausen, Schild und Fenster hell erklirren, Und in Nacht die Wandrer irren, Ruht es sich so süß hier innen, Aufgelöst in sel'ges Minnen; All der goldne Himmelsschimmer Flieht herein ins stille Zimmer: Reiches Leben, hab Erbarmen! Halt mich fest in linden Armen! Lenzesblumen aufwärts dringen, Wölklein ziehn und [Vöglein]2 singen. Ende nie, du Sturmnacht, wilde! Klirrt, ihr Fenster, schwankt, ihr Schilde, Bäumt euch, Wälder, braus, o Welle, Mich umfängt des Himmels Helle!
1 Baußnern: "Wann"
2 Baußnern: "Vögel"
Authorship
- by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Lust der Sturmnacht" [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 Waldemar Edler von Baußnern (1866 - 1931), "Lust der Sturmnacht", op. 2a (Für Bariton, Erotica) no. 13. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- possibly by Konstantin Julius Becker (1811 - 1859), "Lust der Sturmnacht", op. 37 (Vier Lieder) no. 4, score gives composer as "Julius Becker" [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gerhard Frisch (b. 1955), "Lust der Sturmnacht" [men's chorus and piano], from Drei romantische Lieder, no. 3. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Lust der Sturmnacht", op. 35 no. 1 (1840), published 1841 [voice and piano], from Zwölf Gedichte von Justinus Kerner, no. 1, Leipzig, Klemm [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Goig de la nit tempestuosa", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Genieten in de stormnacht", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The pleasure of a stormy night", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Plaisir d'une nuit de tempête", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Gioia della notte tempestosa", copyright © 2006, (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: 81
Quando fuori, dalla montagna e dalla valle scroscia la pioggia, ululano le tempeste, porte e finestre stridono forte, e nella notte errano i viandanti, si sta in dolce pace qui dentro, perduti in beati amori; tutto lo splendore aureo del cielo vola qui dentro nella quieta stanza: ricca vita, abbi pietà! Tienimi stretto nelle care braccia! Fiori primaverili germogliano, passano nuvolette e cantano uccellini. Non finire mai, selvaggia notte di tempesta! Stridete, finestre, sbattete porte, ondeggiate boschi, mugghiate onde, io sto nell'abbraccio della luce celeste!
Authorship
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2006 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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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Lust der Sturmnacht"
This text was added to the website: 2006-03-30
Line count: 16
Word count: 85