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by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874)

Nachts
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Nachts bin vom Traum schlaftrunken ich erwacht,
Wach war ich kaum, [doch]1 hab' ich gleich an Dich gedacht.
Die Lippe sprach ein wunderheimlich Wort
Dem Herzen nach, dann träumt' ich selig weiter fort.

Flieht einst auch Dich treulos die süße Ruh',
Denk auch an mich, sprich auch [ein Wort der Liebe]2 Du,
Sanft lockst Du dann die Ruhe, die Dich mied,
In Traumesbann wiegt Dich auf's neu der Liebe Lied.

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•   P. Cornelius 

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Peter Cornelius, eingeleitet von Adolf Stern, Leipzig, C. F. Kahnt Nachfolger, 1890, page 117.

1 Cornelius: "da" (song)
2 Cornelius: "der Liebe Wörtlein" (song)

Text Authorship:

  • by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Nachts", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Zu eignen Weisen [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 Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Nachts", op. 1 no. 5 (1853) [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Hermann Zumpe , "Nachts", op. 10 (Vier einfache Weisen für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Donderwinkel

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 72

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