Wie der Sterne [große]1 Schar Sich im blauen Dunkel weitet Und die Seele wunderbar, Die so tief in Schmerzen war, In das Land des Friedens leitet! Tiefer atmet meine Brust Deine selig reinen Wellen, Klare Nacht! Und unbewußt Füllt mein Herz aus tiefen Quellen Sich mit neuer Lebenslust. Ringsum trugen nah und weit Menschen ihre schweren Lasten. Leise hast du sie befreit, Sorge, Leidenschaft und Streit Ausgelöscht. Sie dürfen rasten. Ernste Stille, heilige Ruh, Fürder durch des Lebens Wirre Leite meine Wege du, Führe mich durch Kampf und Irre Den erlösten [Brüdern]2 zu!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 10 Die Gedichte, bearbeitet von Peter Huber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002, pages 168-169.
1 Scheuch: "lichte"2 Scheuch: "Scharen"
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Bergnacht", written 1902 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Wilhelm Arbenz (1899 - 1969), "Bergnacht", published 1946 [ men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Raimund Dehn , "Bergnacht", 1943 [ baritone or alto and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gustav Haug (1871 - 1956), "Bergnacht", op. 102 no. 3 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Paul Müller-Zürich (1898 - 1993), "Bergnacht", published 1960 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johannes Nørgaard (b. 1916), "Bergnacht", 1957 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Otto Scheuch (1880 - ?), "Nächtliche Stille!", op. 58 (1931), published 1932 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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