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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Komm, Trost der Welt, du stille Nacht!

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

[Komm]¹, Trost der Welt, du stille Nacht!
Wie steigst du von den Bergen sacht,
Die Lüfte alle schlafen,
Ein Schiffer nur noch, wandermüd',
Singt übers Meer sein Abendlied
Zu Gottes Lob im Hafen.

Die Jahre wie die Wolken gehn
[Und]² lassen mich hier einsam stehn,
Die Welt hat mich vergessen,
Da tratst du wunderbar zu mir,
Wenn ich beim Waldesrauschen hier
Gedankenvoll gesessen.

O Trost der Welt, du stille Nacht!
Der Tag hat mich so [müd']³ gemacht,
Das weite Meer schon dunkelt,
Laß ausruhn mich von Lust und Not,
Bis daß das ew'ge Morgenrot
Den stillen Wald durchfunkelt.

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¹ von Wilm: "Komme"; further changes may exist not shown above.
² Glanert: "Sie"
³ Reinthaler: "trüb"

Authorship:

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Der Einsiedler", appears in Gedichte, in 6. Geistliche Gedichte [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 Algernon Bennet Langton Ashton (1859 - 1937), "Der Einsiedler", op. 55 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simon [sung text not yet checked]
by (Johann Gottfried) Heinrich Bellermann (1832 - 1903), "Der Einsiedler" [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 4, Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
by Max Bruch (1838 - 1920), "Der Einsiedler", op. 49 (Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
by Rudolf Buck (1866 - 1952), "Komm, Trost der Welt", op. 9 ([Sieben] Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 7, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
by F. Christoph , "Der Einsiedler an die Nacht", op. 3 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
by Joseph Dessauer (1798 - 1876), "Der Einsiedler" [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Emmerich (1836 - 1891), "Der Einsiedler", op. 37 (Zwölf Gesänge) no. 4, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Schuberth [sung text not yet checked]
by Hans Fleischer (1896 - 1981), "Der Einsiedler", op. 97 (4 Männerchöre) no. 2 (1933) [ men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Detlev Glanert (b. 1960), "Der Einsiedler", first performed 2021 [ baritone and orchestra ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hans Martin Gräbner (b. 1967), "Der Einsiedler", 2013 [ voice and piano ], from Solang Du lebest, ist es Tag - Ein Liederzyklus für BL, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]
by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Der Einsiedler", op. 89 no. 2, published 1896 [ high voice, violin, and organ ], from Vier geistliche Gesänge für eine hohe Stimme mit Begleitung von Violine und Orgel, no. 2, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Kalliwoda (1827 - 1893), "Der Einsiedler", op. 7 (Sechs Lieder für Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by (Karl) Emil Kauffmann (1836 - 1909), "Der Einsiedler", op. 2 (4 Lieder) no. 1, published 1864 [ alto or low baritone and piano ], Stuttgart, Zumsteeg [sung text not yet checked]
by Halfdan Kjerulf (1815 - 1868), "Der Einsiedler", op. 18 (Tre sånger vid piano) no. 2 (1861), published 1871 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Egon Kornauth (1891 - 1959), "Der Einsiedler", op. 36 (Acht Lieder nach Eichendorff) no. 1 (1932) [ voice and piano or orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Gustav Kulenkampff (1849 - 1921), "Der Einsiedler", op. 20 (7 Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1901 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Herrn. Seemann Nachf. [sung text not yet checked]
by Christian Lahusen (1886 - 1975), "Komm, Trost der Welt" [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Eduard Levy (1862 - 1921), "Der Einsiedler", op. 32 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Stahl [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Martens , "Der Einsiedler ", op. 24 no. 6, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Eichendorff-Album. 20 Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung. Religiöse Lieder, no. 6, Berlin, Deneke [sung text not yet checked]
by Arnold Mendelssohn (1855 - 1933), "Der Einsiedler", published 1891 [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Nagel (1871 - 1955), "Komm, Trost der Welt" [ men's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Theodor Raillard (1864 - 1929), "Der Einsiedler an die Nacht", published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
by Karl Rausch (1880 - 1951), "Der Einsiedler " [ voice and piano ], from Elf Eichendorff-Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Der Einsiedler", op. op. 144a (1915) [ chorus and orchestra ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Carl Martin Reinthaler (1822 - 1896), "Der Einsiedler", op. 4 (Drei Gedichte für Bass oder Baryton mit Pianoforte) no. 3 [ bass or baritone and piano ], Berlin: Schlesinger'schen Buch- und Musikhandlung [sung text checked 1 time]
by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798 - 1859), "Der Einsiedler", op. 157 (Drei Gesänge für Bass oder Bariton mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1841 [ bass or baritone and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Der Einsame", op. 36 no. 24 (1922) [ voice and chamber orchestra ], from Elegie: Liederfolge nach Gedichten von Nikolaus Lenau und Joseph von Eichendorff, no. 24, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
by August Schulz , "Der Einsiedler ", op. 32 (Drei Lieder für Bass mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1876 [ bass and piano ], Braunschweig, Litolff [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Der Einsiedler", op. 83 (Drei Gesänge für Singstimme und Klavier) no. 3 (1850), published 1850 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Schuberth und Co. [sung text checked 1 time]
by Otto Tiehsen (1817 - 1849), "Der Einsiedler", op. 18 no. 1, published 1843 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Gedichte von Chamisso, Burns und A. , no. 1, Berlin, Bote und Bock [sung text not yet checked]
by Paul Umlauft (1853 - 1934), "Lied des Einsiedels", op. 12 (Lieder und Gesänge für S., A., T. und B.) no. 8, published 1886 [ SATB chorus ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
by August Walter (1821 - 1896), "Der Einsiedler", op. 8 (Drei Gesänge für eine Alt-Stimme) no. 1, published 1851 [ alto and piano ], Leipzig, Fr. Kistner, Ed. no. 1779 [sung text not yet checked]
by (Peter) Nicolai von Wilm (1834 - 1911), "Der Einsiedler an die Nacht", op. 22 (Drei Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 1, published 1877 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Schleusingen, Glaser [sung text not yet checked]
by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Resignation", 1881 [ satb chorus ], from Sechs geistliche Lieder nach Gedichten von Eichendorff, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Felix Wolfes (1892 - 1971), "Der Einsiedler", 1953 [sung text not yet checked]
by Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher (1881 - 1948), "Der Einsiedler", op. 60 no. 4, published 1927 [ voice and piano ], from Eichendorff-Zyklus, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Winfried (Petrus Ignatius) Zillig (1905 - 1963), "Der Einsiedler" [ chorus and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De eenzaat", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Come, comfort of the world, you still night", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le solitaire", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Vieni , notte silenziosa", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 98

Come, comfort of the world, you still night

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 Come, comfort of the world, you still night!
 How softly you climb from the hills!
 The breezes are all sleeping,
 only one sailor still, weary with travel,
 sings across the sea an evening song
 to praise God from the harbor.
 
 The years go by like clouds
 and leave me standing here alone;
 the world has forgotten me.
 Then amazingly, you came to me
 when I was here by the rustling wood,
 sitting lost in thought.
 
 O comfort of the world, you still night!
 The day has made me so weary;
 the wide sea is darkening already.
 Let me rest from joy and suffering
 until the eternal dawn
 illuminates the still wood throughout.

Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Der Einsiedler", appears in Gedichte, in 6. Geistliche Gedichte

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 113