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Hinüber wall' ich, Und jede Pein Wird einst ein Stachel Der Wollust seyn. Noch wenig Zeiten, So bin ich los, Und liege trunken Der Lieb' im Schooß. Unendliches Leben Wogt mächtig in mir; Ich schaue von oben Herunter nach dir. An jenem Hügel Verlischt dein Glanz - Ein Schatten bringet Den kühlenden Kranz. O! sauge, Geliebter, Gewaltig mich an, Daß ich entschlummern Und lieben kann. Ich fühle des Todes Verjüngende Flut, Zu Balsam und Aether Verwandelt mein Blut - Ich lebe [bey]1 Tage [Voll]2 Glauben und Muth, Und sterbe die Nächte In heiliger Glut.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Athenaeum. Eine Zeitschrift von August Wilhelm Schlegel und Friedrich Schlegel. Dritter Band. Berlin, 1800. bei Heinrich Frölich, pages 194-195; with Novalis Schriften. Herausgegeben von Friedrich Schlegel und Ludwig Tieck. Zweiter Theil. Berlin, 1802- In der Buchhandlung der Realschule, pages 90-91; and with Novalis Schriften. Herausgegeben von Ludwig Tieck und Fr. Schlegel. Dritte Auflage. Zweiter Theil. Berlin, 1815. In der Realschulbuchhandlung, pages 7-8.
1 A. Mahler: "die"2 A. Mahler: "in"
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich von Hardenberg (1772 - 1801), as Novalis, no title, appears in Hymnen an die Nacht, no. 4, first published 1800 [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 Alphons Diepenbrock (1862 - 1921), "Hymne an die Nacht No. 4", 1897, orchestrated 1907 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Kurt Erickson , "The over journey (Hinüber wall' ich)", first performed 2014 [ mezzo-soprano, viola, and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alma Mahler (1879 - 1964), "Hymne an die Nacht", published 1924 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Gesänge, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Luise Reichardt (1779 - 1826), "Aus Novalis Hymnen an die Nacht" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Hinüber wall' ich" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Nachthymne", D 687 (1820), published 1872 [ voice, piano ], J. P. Gotthard, VN 328, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Nachthymne", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "I am on a pilgrimage", copyright ©
- ENG English (George MacDonald) , no title, appears in Rampolli: Growths from a Long Planted Root. Being Translations, New and Old, Chiefly from the German, first published 1897
- ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Hymne à la nuit", copyright © 2011, (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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Word count: 94
I surge to the other side, and every pain that was will become a sting of sensual pleasure. Only a little more time more, and I will be gone, and I will lie intoxicated in the lap of love. Unending life is weakened within me; I look down at you from above. On that hill, your splendor fades and a shadow brings the cooling wreath. O! Beloved, draw me in powerfully so that I may slumber and know love. I feel death’s rejuvenating flood; into balm and ether my blood is transformed – I live by day full of faith and courage, and die by nights’ holy glow.
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Translations of title(s):
"The over journey (Hinüber wall' ich)" = " "
"Nachthymne" = " "
"Aus Novalis Hymnen an die Nacht" = "Hymn to the Night – from Novalis’ Spiritual Songs"
"Hymne an die Nacht" = " "
"Hymne an die Nacht No. 4" = " "
"Hinüber wall' ich" = " "
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2019 by Amy Pfrimmer, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich von Hardenberg (1772 - 1801), as Novalis, no title, appears in Hymnen an die Nacht, no. 4, first published 1800
This text was added to the website: 2019-07-05
Line count: 27
Word count: 108