O Nacht, du silberbleiche,
Verlorene Träumerin,
In deine fremden Reiche
Nimm meine Seele hin!
Schiffbrüchig aus des Tages Not
Leg ich vertraut mein scheues Boot
Ausruhend von erregter Flucht
An deiner Stille heimatliche Bucht.

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Confirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 10 Die Gedichte, bearbeitet von Peter Huber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002, page 495.

Text Authorship:

• by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "O Nacht, du silberbleiche", written 1901 [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 Woldemar Sacks , "O Nacht, du silberbleiche", op. 29 no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Karl Weigl (1881 - 1949), "O Nacht, du silberbleiche", op. 10 (Fünf Lieder für eine tiefere Frauenstimme) no. 5 (1906-7), published c1920 [ alto or mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Oh nit de pal·lidesa argentada", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Oh night, you silvery pale", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Ô nuit, à la pâleur argentée", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2014-09-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 34

Oh nit de pal·lidesa argentada,
tu, somiadora perduda
en els teus exòtics reialmes,
pren la meva ànima!
Nàufrag de la fretura del dia,
reposant d’una fuita frenètica,
atraco la meva modesta barca
en la teva nadiua, tranquil·la badia.