Night song | You are the gentle fire

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by August Kopisch (1799 - 1853)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Nachtgesang

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Du bist das sanfte Feuer,
Bist meine Seele, du!
Zu allen meinen Gefühlen . . .
   Schlaf süß, was willst du hinzu? . . .
Zu allen meinen Gefühlen
Hast alle Schlüssel du!
Und hier von diesem Herzen . . .
   Schlaf süß, was willst du hinzu? . . .
Und hier von diesem Herzen
Hast jedes Theilchen du,
Und wirst mich sterben sehen . . .
   Schlaf süß, was willst du hinzu? . . .
Und wirst mich sterben sehen,
Ja sterben, befiehlest du! --
Schlaf sanft, geliebtes Leben,
   Schlaf süß, was willst du hinzu?

Beneath title of poem: (Rom)

Confirmed with Gesammelte Werke von August Kopisch, geordnet und herausgegeben von Freundes Hand, Dritter Band, Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1865, pages 199-200.

Text Authorship:

by August Kopisch (1799 - 1853), "Nachtgesang", appears in Agrumi. Volksthümliche Poesien aus allen Mundarten Italiens und seiner Inseln gesammelt und übersetzt, no. 2 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Hans Huber (1852 - 1921), "Nachtgesang", op. 72a (Sieben Gesänge nach Volksliedern) no. 5, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Zürich, Gassmann [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Night song", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2010-01-29
Line count: 16
Word count: 95

Night song

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

You are the gentle fire,
You are my soul!
In addition to all my feelings . . .
  Sleep sweetly, what more do you want? . . . 
To all my feelings
You have all the keys!
And that of this heart here . . .
  Sleep sweetly, what more do you want? . . . 
And of this heart here
You have every piece,
And shall see me die . . .
  Sleep sweetly, what more do you want? . . . 
And you shall see me die,
Yes die, should you command it! --
Sleep softly, dearest life,
  Sleep sweetly, what more do you want?

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by August Kopisch (1799 - 1853), "Nachtgesang", appears in Agrumi. Volksthümliche Poesien aus allen Mundarten Italiens und seiner Inseln gesammelt und übersetzt, no. 2
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2021-03-16
Line count: 16
Word count: 106