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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Nun verlaß ich diese Hütte
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CHI ENG FRE
Nun verlaß ich diese Hütte,
Meiner Liebsten Aufenthalt,
Wandle mit verhülltem Schritte
Durch den öden, finstern Wald:
Luna bricht durch Busch und Eichen,
Zephyr meldet ihren Lauf,
Und die Birken streun mit Neigen
Ihr den süßten Weihrauch auf.

Wie ergötz' ich mich im Kühlen
Dieser schönen Sommernacht!
O wie still [ist]1 hier zu fühlen,
Was die Seele glücklich macht!
Läßt sich kaum die Wonne fassen,
Und doch wollt' ich, Himmel, dir
Tausend solcher Nächte lassen,
Gäb' mein Mädchen Eine mir.

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•   B. Randhartinger 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Die schöne Nacht" [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 Johann Heinrich Carl Bornhardt (1774 - 1840), "Die schöne Nacht", 1814+ [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Moritz, Graf von Dietrichstein (1775 - 1864), "Erinnerung", c1813/4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Bernhard (Joseph) Klein (1793 - 1832), "Die schöne Nacht", op. 15 (Neun Lieder von Goethe) no. 4, published 1827/32 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Die schöne Nacht" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Die schöne Nacht", published 1809 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ferdinand Ries (1784 - 1838), "Die schöne Nacht", op. 36 no. 3, published 1811 [sung text not yet checked]

Set in a modified version by Bernhard Theodor Breitkopf.

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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 (Emily Ezust) , "The fair night", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La belle nuit", copyright © 2012, (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: 81

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