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An deiner Seite so gerne Durchträum' ich die Frühlingsnacht; Treu halten die [heiligen]1 Sterne [Vor deinem Fenster die Wacht]2, Indeß wir in Armen uns hangen, In Seele die Seele versinkt Und Mund von Mund in langen Zügen den Athem trinkt. Aus Wipfeln, drin Vögel brüten, Wirft sanft der duftende Mai Seine Knospen und Blüthen Herab auf uns [selige]3 Zwei, Und durch die Fensterbogen Nachtwandelnd weht der Wind Deine Locken in Wogen Über [mein]4 Haupt gelind. Wir zittern, wir erblassen Vor Liebe, und Jedem quillt Im wonnethränen-nassen Auge des Andern Bild. Ach! steigt schon im Osten der rothe Schimmer des Morgens empor? Nein, durch den Himmel lohte Ein nächtliches Meteor. Tausend Geheimnisse müssen Wir noch einander vertrau'n, Und tausend Küsse noch küssen, Eh' der Morgen beginnt zu grau'n. Was scheuchst du mit deinem Gesange, O Schwalbe, so frühe die Nacht? Schweig, schweig! und haltet noch lange Ihr heiligen Sterne, die Wacht!
Confirmed with Gedichte von Adolf Friedrich von Schack, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1867, pages 151-152.
1 Beer-Walbrunn: "heil'gen"2 Beer-Walbrunn: "An ihrem Fenster Wacht"
3 Beer-Walbrunn: "sel'ge"
4 Beer-Walbrunn: "meinem"
Text Authorship:
- by Adolf Friedrich, Graf von Schack (1815 - 1894), "Mainacht" [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 Anton Beer-Walbrunn (1864 - 1929), "Mainacht", published 1893 [ voice and piano ], from [Sechs] einstimmige Lieder mit Pianoforte, no. 6, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "May night", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2012-04-01
Line count: 32
Word count: 155
At your side so gladly I dream away the spring night; The holy stars faithfully Keep watch before your window, While we are locked in each other's arms, Soul is immersed in soul And lips from lips drink the breath In long draughts. From treetops where birds brood, Scented May softly tosses down Its buds and blossoms Upon us blissful two, And through the arches of the windows The wind, wandering in the night, Wafts your curls in waves Gently over my head. We tremble, we grow pale For love, and for each of us surges forth The image of the other In the eyes wet with blissful tears. Ah! is the red shimmer of morning Already rising in the east? No, through the sky there blazed A nocturnal meteor. We must still entrust to each other A thousand secrets, And still kiss a thousand kisses Before the morning begins to dawn. Why do you chase away the night so early, Oh swallow, with your singing? Be quiet, be quiet! and, keep watch yet, Ye holy stars, for a long time!
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Adolf Friedrich, Graf von Schack (1815 - 1894), "Mainacht"
This text was added to the website: 2024-05-21
Line count: 32
Word count: 181