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by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884)

Translation © by Walter A. Aue

Nun die Schatten dunkeln

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): ENG ENG ENG FRE

[Nun]¹ die Schatten dunkeln,
Stern [an]² Stern erwacht:
Welch ein Hauch der Sehnsucht
Flutet [in der]³ Nacht!

Durch das [Meer]⁴ der Träume
Steuert ohne Ruh',
[Steuert]⁵ meine Seele
Deiner Seele zu.

Die sich dir ergeben,
Nimm sie ganz dahin!
Ach, du weißt, daß nimmer
Ich mein eigen bin.

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Confirmed with Emanuel Geibel, Juniuslieder, Stuttgart und Tübingen: J.G. Cotta'scher Verlag, 1848, page 34.

¹ Lewy: "Wenn"; further changes may exist not shown above.
² Bolko von Hochberg: "bei"
³ Bolko von Hochberg, Hermann, Rubinstein, Zumpe: "durch die"
⁴ Bolko von Hochberg: "Reich"
⁵ Hermann: "Sehnend"

Authorship:

by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), "Für Musik", appears in Juniuslieder, 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 Paul tom Barge , "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 1 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Junius Lieder", op. 12 (Eine Frühlingsliebe), Heft 2 no. 6, published 1850 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Hermann Behn (1857?9 - 1927), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 1 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Frauenstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 7, published 1892 [ medium voice and piano ], published without an opus number in 1892 by Schott (Mainz); published in 1896 by Kistner (Leipzig) with an opus number [sung text not yet checked]
by Adolf Busch (1891 - 1952), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 3a (Drei Lieder) no. 1, published 1922 [ voice, viola and piano ], Berlin-London: N. Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
by Louis Ehlert (1825 - 1884), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 14 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published c1846 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: C. F. Peters [sung text not yet checked]
by H. vom Ende , "Die Nacht", op. 4 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Köln, vom Ende [sung text not yet checked]
by Hans Fleischer (1896 - 1981), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 54 (6 Lieder für Alt, obligate Violine und Klavier) no. 2 (1927) [ alto, violin obbligato, and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Für Musik", op. 10 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 1, published 1850 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]
by Robert Freund (1852 - 1936), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 4 (5 Songs) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffmann (1820 - 1900), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 77 no. 5, published 1869 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Heffner (1851 - 1900), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 13 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
by Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 52 (Vier Lieder) no. 4, published 1903 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: C.A. Challier & Co. [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hans Heinrich XIV, Graf Bolko von Hochberg (1843 - 1926), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 30 (Vier Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1886 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
by Emil Hoppe , "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 2 (Vier Gesänge für Mezzo-Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1885 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
by Adolf Jensen (1837 - 1879), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 6 no. 2 (1862), published 1862 [ voice and piano ], from Der Ungenannten. Minneweisen, nach E. Geibel, no. 2, Leipzig, Senff [sung text not yet checked]
by Nikolay Filippovich Khristianovich (1828 - 1890), "Ein kleines Lied (Impromptu)", op. 9 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1858 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
by (Carl Franz) Edmund Kretschmer (1830 - 1908), "Nachtgesang", op. 25 (Drei Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
by W. J. Otto Lessmann (1844 - 1918), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln ", op. 1 (Vier Gedichte für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Lewy (1823 - 1883), "Wenn die Schatten dunkeln", op. 54 no. 8, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], from Zehn Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 8, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
by Benjamin Wilhelm Mayer (1831 - 1898), as W. A. Rémy, "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 13 (Zwei Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1874 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Wien, Schreiber [sung text not yet checked]
by Ödön (Edmund) von Mihalovich (1842 - 1929), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", published 1906-1913 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt Nachfolger [sung text not yet checked]
by Eduard Rappoldi (1831 - 1903), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 4 (Acht Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Martin Reinthaler (1822 - 1896), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 2, Heft 1 no. 1, published 1849 [ soprano and piano ], from Gedichte von Rückert, Eichendorff, Geibel, Dingelstedt für Sopran, no. 1, Berlin, Bote und Bock [sung text not yet checked]
by M. W. Rettich , "Für Musik ", op. 6 (Acht Lieder von Em. Geibel für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Weimar, Kühn [sung text not yet checked]
by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Lied", op. 57 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2, published 1862 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text checked 1 time]
by G. Scheller , "Für Musik", op. 60 (Drei Gesänge für Bariton mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1878 [ baritone and piano ], Hamburg, Hentze [sung text not yet checked]
by Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln ", op. 17 (Sechs Lieder für Mezzosopran mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Stuttgart, Ebner [sung text not yet checked]
by Ernst Hermann Seyffardt (1859 - 1942), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 9 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1873 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
by Alfred Richard Gotthilf Sormann (1861 - 1913), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 1, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Speidel (1826 - 1899), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 98 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Ludwigsburg, Ebner [sung text not yet checked]
by Willy Viol (b. 1848), "Für Musik", op. 13 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
by Eugen von Volborth (1854 - 1928), "Für Musik", published 1874 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Leipzig, Eulenburg [sung text not yet checked]
by August Walter (1821 - 1896), "Nun die Schatten dunkeln", op. 19 (Drei Lieder) no. 1, published 1869 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
by Vally Wolff-Kownačka , "Nun die Schatten dunklen", published 1878 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Hannover, Nagel [sung text not yet checked]
by Hermann Zumpe , "Nun die Schatten dunkeln" [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in German (Deutsch), [adaptation] ; composed by Johann Wenzeslaus Kalliwoda.

Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English [singable] (Constance Bache) (William Stigand, né Stigant) , "Now the shades are deep'ning"

Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 48

For music

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Now the shadows darken,
Star by star alight:
Hark, what breath of yearning
Surges in the night!

Through the sea of visions,
Steering restlessly,
Steers my soul forever
Towards the soul of thee.

Who to you has yielded,
Take for you alone!
Oh, you know that never
I shall be my own.

Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), "Für Musik", appears in Juniuslieder, in Lieder

This text was added to the website: 2008-06-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 52