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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Der Bräutigam
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Um Mitternacht, ich schlief, im Busen wachte
Das liebevolle Herz, als wär es Tag;
Der Tag erschien, mir war als ob es nachte -
Was ist es mir, so viel er bringen mag?

Sie fehlte ja; mein emsig Tun und Streben
Für sie allein ertrug ichs durch die Glut
Der heißen Stunde; welch erquicktes Leben
Am kühlen Abend! lohnend war's und gut.

Die Sonne sank, und Hand in Hand verpflichtet
Begrüßten wir den letzten Segensblick,
Und Auge sprach, in's Auge klar gerichtet:
Von Osten, hoffe nur, sie kommt zurück!

Um Mitternacht! der Sterne Glanz geleitet
Im holden Traum zur Schwelle, wo sie ruht.
O sei auch mir dort auszuruhn bereitet,
Wie es auch sei, das Leben, es ist gut!

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Der Bräutigam" [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 Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher (1881 - 1948), "Der Bräutigam", op. 51 no. 4, published 1923 [voice and piano], from Goethe-Lieder, no. 4. [
     text not verified 
    ]
  • by Winfried (Petrus Ignatius) Zillig (1905 - 1963), "Der Bräutigam", 1941 [female voice and piano or orchestra], from Zehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Goethe, no. 5. [
     text not verified 
    ]

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

  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , title 1: "The bridegroom", copyright © 2016, (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: 16
Word count: 118

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