by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910)
Translation Singable translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Sommernacht, Traumsommernacht!
Language: German (Deutsch)
Sommernacht, Traumsommernacht! Die Brunnen rauschen leise, Die Trauerweide wiegt sich sacht; Nun steigt der Mond in voller Pracht Empor zur Wolkenreise. Traum und Frieden... Was hienieden Unruhvoll das Herz verstört, Senkt sich in des Traumes Tiefen. Und der Ruhe Geigentöne Die in Tages Lärme schwiegen, In der heißen [Helle]1 schliefen, Seelentiefe, seelenschöne, Kommen nun heraufgestiegen, Werden nun gehört. Sommernacht, Traumsommernacht... Ein Rauschen lieb und leise, Die Seele wiegt sich süß und sacht Nach ihrer Geigenweise: Traum und Frieden ... Hingeschieden Alles, was uns traurig macht. Sterne glimmen, Wolken schwimmen, Und das Märchen ist erwacht.
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Text Authorship:
- by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910), "Traumsommernacht", appears in Irrgarten der Liebe. Verliebte, launenhafte und moralische Lieder, Gedichte und Sprüche aus den Jahren 1885 bis 1900, in Lieder [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 Heinrich, Freiherr von Bach (1835 - 1915), as Heinrich Molbe, "Traumsommernacht", op. 105 (Sechs Lieder von Otto Julius Bierbaum für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung) no. 3, published 1903 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Rudolf C. Lindner & Rörich [sung text not yet checked]
- by Oskar Fried (1871 - 1941), "Sommernachtslied", op. 7 (Sieben Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ludwig Wilhelm Andreas Maria Thuille (1861 - 1907), "Traumsommernacht", op. 25 [ 4-part women's chorus, with solo violin and harp or piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Wetz (1875 - 1935), "Traumsommernacht", op. 14 [ chorus and orchestra and horn ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist)
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Rêve d'une nuit d'été", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Nuit d'été de rêve", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2008-04-28
Line count: 25
Word count: 94
Summer night, Dream summer night!
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Summer night, Dream summer night! The brooklets babble softly, the weeping willow cradles light; now doth the moon so dazzling bright begin her lofty journey. Dreamy stillness. Weariness that on earth the heart torment, sink into the land of dreaming, and of Peace the gentle murm'rings which in ban the day was keeping, in the heat of haste were sleeping, heav'nly tender, sweet and stirring, sing out now into the gleaming; Sing of Rest, Content. Summer night, Dream summer night! 'Tis rustling round us softly, the soul is cradled low and light to strains so sweet and lovely: Dreamy stillness . . . . gone all sadness that the heart so heavy makes. Stars, they glimmer, clouds they shimmer, and the fairytale awakes.
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From the Thuille score.Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910), "Traumsommernacht", appears in Irrgarten der Liebe. Verliebte, launenhafte und moralische Lieder, Gedichte und Sprüche aus den Jahren 1885 bis 1900, in Lieder
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2008-04-28
Line count: 25
Word count: 123