Der Nachtwindhund weint wie ein Kind,
dieweil sein Fell von Regen rinnt.
Jetzt jagt er wild das Neumondweib,
das hinflieht mit gebognem Leib.
Tief unten geht, ein dunkler Punkt,
querüberfeld ein Forstadjunkt.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Himmel und Erde", 2010 [ soprano and piano ], from Zehn Morgenstern-lieder, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Eduard Erdmann (1896 - 1958), "Himmel und Erde" [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Himmel und Erde", from Galgenlieder, no. 24 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Hermann Franz Graener (1872 - 1944), "Himmel und Erde", op. 43 no. 6, published 1917 [ voice and piano ], from Palmström singt. Sieben Galgenlieder von Christian Morgenstern, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Martin Adalbert Kayssler (1874 - 1945), "Himmel und Erde" [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "Heaven and Earth", rhymed paraphrase, copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Ciel et terre", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-29
Line count: 6
Word count: 32
The greyhound of night wails like a child,
As over its pelt rains run wild.
Then suddenly it hunts its Lady Moon,
That slowly flees in her broken swoon.
Yet worse than this image, dark with doom,
Comes a bureaucrat through the forest gloom.