by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908)
Jeg hører i Natten
Language: Danish (Dansk)
Jeg hører i Natten fra stille Skove et Raab, som af: hjælp mig, min Gud! Jeg rejser mig, lytter, kan ikke sove, jeg kaldes, jeg kommer derud. Jeg vækker i Natten de slumrende Skove med hviskende Stemme: hvem dér? I Natten, med Ret til at tie og sove, staar søvntunge Buske og Trær. Jeg ængstes, som var det for meget at vove, jeg løfter min Stemme: hvem dér? Jeg lytter. Fra søvntunge, slumrende Skove spørger mig Ekko: hvem dér? Jeg iler i Natten fra stille Skove, jeg grubler, jeg grunder; min Gud! Jeg lægger mig, lytter, kan ikke sove. Hvem er jeg? hvordan ser jeg ud?
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Text Authorship:
- by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908), no title, appears in Sange til en Søster, no. 3 [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 Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934), "Jeg hører i Natten", 1901, from Five Danish Songs, no. 4, also set in English, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Sinding (1856 - 1941), "Jeg hører i Natten", op. 8 (6 Sänge til Tekster af H. Drachmann) no. 4, published 1889 [ medium voice and piano ], Christiania (Oslo): Carl Warmuth [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934) , "I hear in the night" ; composed by Frederick Delius.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Jelka Rosen (Delius) (1868 - 1935) , "Ich hör' in der Nacht" ; composed by Frederick Delius.
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