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by Hans Reinhart (1880 - 1963)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Fühlst du's o Seele wie der Abend geht?

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CHI ENG

Fühlst du's o Seele wie der Abend geht?
Glühwürmchen schweben über Wies und Beet
tief in den stillen dunklen Wald hinein.
So klein und fein. Sternlein an Sternelein.
Schlaf ein! Schlaf ein! Schlaf ein!

Lieg nun in's hohe Gras und halte Ruh,
und schaue den vielen tausend Lichtlein zu,
der vielen tausend lieben Sternelein
die ziehn wohl leise in den Himmel ein
Schlaf ein! Schlaf ein! Schlaf ein!

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Text Authorship:

by Hans Reinhart (1880 - 1963) [author's text not yet checked 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 Irma Levaillant (1886 - 1968), "Fühlst Du's, o Seele", published 19-? [sung text checked 1 time]
by Peter Otto Schneider (1901 - 1981), "Sternereigen", 1950 [ voice, flute, viola, and violoncello ], from Fünf Lieder nach Gedichten von Hans Reinhart, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]

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

CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Do you feel, oh soul, how the evening passes?", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson

This text was added to the website: 2008-04-04
Line count: 10
Word count: 68

Do you feel, oh soul, how the evening passes?

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Do you feel, oh soul, how the evening passes?
Fireflies soar over meadow and flowerbed
deep into the silent dark forest.
So little and delicate.  Star by star.
Go to sleep. Go to sleep. Go to sleep.

Lie down now in the tall grass and hold your peace,
and gaze at the many thousands of little lights,
the many thousands of dear stars
that seem to pass quietly into Heaven.
Go to sleep. Go to sleep. Go to sleep.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Hans Reinhart (1880 - 1963)
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This text was added to the website: 2010-05-31
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Word count: 79