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by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

O schöne Nacht!

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

O schöne Nacht!
Am Himmel märchenhaft
Erglänzt der Mond in seiner ganzen Pracht;
Um ihn der kleinen Sterne liebliche
Genossenschaft.

Es schimmert hell der Tau
Am grünen Halm; mit Macht
Im Fliederbusche schlägt die Nachtigall;
Der Knabe schleicht zu seiner Liebsten sacht -
O schöne Nacht!

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Text Authorship:

by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875) [author's text not yet checked 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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "O schöne Nacht", op. 92 (Vier Quartette) no. 1 (1877?), published 1884 [ satb chorus and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
by Anton Rückauf (1855 - 1903), "Hochsommernacht", op. 17 no. 1, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], from Zigeunerlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "O lovely night", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 45

O lovely night

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 O lovely night!
 In the heavens, the moon gleams magically
 in all its splendour;
 about it, the sweet comradeship
 of tiny stars.
 
 The dew glimmers brightly
 on the green blades of grass; with great power,
 the nightingale sings out in the elder-bush;
 the young man steals quietly to his sweetheart -
 O lovely night!

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Word count: 54