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by Rudolph Himmel List (1901 - 1979)

O süßes Dunkel himmelweit
Language: German (Deutsch) 
O süßes Dunkel himmelweit,
O Augenblick und Ewigkeit,
Du Nacht vor meinem Fenster!
 
Der Tag zerbrach, die Welt verblich,
Es blieben atmend du und ich
Und herzensnah das Kindlein.
 
O süsser Traum, der es umträumt,
Das Kind von meiner Lende.
Die Nacht hat ihm nichts fortgeräumt,
Von Blume und von Frucht umsäumt
Streckt es im Schlaf die Hände.
 
Wir sind umfriedet du und ich
Im Schlag der Pulse, Bogenstrich
Der Geige unsrer Herzen.
 
O süßes Dunkel himmelweit,
O Augenblick und Ewigkeit,
Du Nacht vor meinem Fenster!

Text Authorship:

  • by Rudolph Himmel List (1901 - 1979) [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 Karl Weigl (1881 - 1949), "O süßes Dunkel himmelweit", 1937, first performed 1937 [mezzo-soprano and string quartet or piano], from Drei Gesänge für Mezzosopran und Streichquartett = Three songs for mezzo soprano and string quartet, no. 3. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

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

  • ENG English [singable] (Vally Weigl, née Pick) (Lydia Perera) , title 1: "O blessed darkness heavenwide"


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This text was added to the website: 2009-06-12
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