Der du [von dem Himmel]1 bist,
[Alles Leid]2 und Schmerzen [stillest]3,
Den, der doppelt elend ist,
Doppelt mit [Erquickung füllest]4,
Ach ich bin des Treibens müde!
[Was soll all der Schmerz und Lust?]5
Süßer Friede,
Komm, ach komm in meine Brust!

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Confirmed with Goethe’s Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1827, page 109.

First published in Christliches Magazin Herausgegeben von Joh. Konrad Pfenninger, Dritter Band, 1780, page 243, with the musical setting by Ph. Ch. Kayser.

Notes
Line 1: Backer-Grøndahl’s score has a comma after the first word (likely a typo)
Line 8: Backer-Grøndahl's score has a typo in word 5 ("meiner" instead of "meine")

¹ Kirchner: "von den Himmeln"; Hiller, Milcke: "vom Himmel" (further changes may exist not shown above)
² Rust: "Kummer, Leid"
³ Schubert: "stillst"
⁴ Schubert: "Entzückung füllst"
⁵ Rust: "Bangen Schmerzes, wilder Lust,"; Arnim and J. Marx: "Was soll all der Schmerz, die Lust?"

Text Authorship:

• by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Wandrers Nachtlied", written 1776, first published 1780 [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Der du von dem Himmel bist", op. 186 (Lieder und Chöre für 3 Frauenstimmen mit Pianoforte), Heft 4 (Bearbeitungen nach Motiven von Franz Schubert ) no. 14, published 1869 [ vocal trio of female voices or three-part women's chorus and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
• by Conrad (Eduard Reinhold) Ansorge (1862 - 1930), "Der du von dem Himmel bist", op. 19 no. 2, published 1904 [ voice and piano ], from Urworte und andere Gedichte von Goethe, no. 2, Berlin, Dreililien [sung text not yet checked]
• by Bettina von Arnim, née Brentano (1785 - 1859), "Wandrers Nachtlied", 1842? [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Algernon Bennet Langton Ashton (1859 - 1937), "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 82 (Vier kurze Lieder für 1 tiefe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1895 [ low voice and piano ], Leipzig, Hofbauer [sung text not yet checked]
• by Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl (1847 - 1907), "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 4 (Syv Sange af J. Goethe, H. Heine, E. Geibel) no. 6 (1875), published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Kjöbenhavn: Wilhelm Hansens Forlag og Eiendom, also set in Danish (Dansk) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "Der du von dem Himmel bist", c1924-6, published 1928 [ baritone and piano ], from Ten Songs by Ernst Bacon, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Conrad Baden (1908 - 1989), "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 2 (Eleven Songs for Soprano and Piano) no. 2 (1930-5) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Catharina Baum (d. 1876), "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 7 (Zwei Lieder von Göthe [sic] für eine Singstimme mit Klavier) no. 1 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Nachtlied", 1851 [ mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Alfred Julius Becher (1803 - 1848), "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 1 (Acht Gedichte) no. 4, published 1834 [ voice and piano ], Elberfeld, Betzhold [sung text not yet checked]
• by Reinhold Becker (1842 - 1924), "Wandrer's Nachtlied", op. 110 (Zwei Lieder für 1 hohe -- für 1 tiefe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1901 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Herrn. Seemann Nachf. [sung text not yet checked]
• by Fritz Becker (1839 - 1903), "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 5 (Fünf Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Schwerin, Goltermann & Pincus [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hermann Behn (1857?9 - 1927), "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 1 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Frauenstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 6, published 1892 [ medium voice and piano ], published without an opus number in 1892 by Schott (Mainz); published in 1896 by Kistner (Leipzig) with an opus number  [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Johann Gottfried) Heinrich Bellermann (1832 - 1903), "Der du von dem Himmel bist", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, published 1866 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
• by Albert Biehl (1835 - 1899), "Der du von dem Himmel bist", op. 79 (Vier Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 1, published 1880 [ four-part men's chorus ], Hamburg, Hentze [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Böttcher , "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 1 (Drei Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 1, published 1887 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Gustav) Adolf Brandt (1838 - 1919), "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 5 (Drei Lieder für 1 Mittlerestimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1886 [ medium voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
• by Friedrich Wilhelm Otto Braune (1810 - 1884), "Der du von dem Himmel bist ", published 1836 [ alto or bass and piano ], from 6 Gesänge für tiefe Stimme, Alt oder Bass, no. 1, Berlin, Trautwein  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Michael Brough (b. 1960), "Wandrers Nachtlied I", op. 8 (Elf Lieder) no. 11 (1995-6) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Willy Burkhard (1900 - 1955), "Der du von dem Himmel bist", 1921/2, from Erste Lieder, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
• by A. M. Caspary , "Der du von dem Himmel bist " [ mixed chorus a cappella ], from Drei Lieder für gemischten Chor, no. 2, Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
• by Karl Collan (1828 - 1871), "Der du von dem Himmel bist", 1855 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Johann Friedrich Hugo, Freiherr von Dalberg (1760 - 1812), "An den Frieden", c1789/90, published [1795] [ voice and piano or organ or harpsichord ], from Lieder : 2. Sammlung, no. 11, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
• by Berthold Damcke (1812 - 1875), "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 11 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Moritz, Graf von Dietrichstein (1775 - 1864), "Wandrers Nachtlied", c1813/4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by M. Eckard , "Wanderers Nachtlied " [sung text not yet checked]
• by Heinrich Elkamp (1812 - 1868), "Der du von dem Himmel bist", op. 5 (12 Lieder), Heft 1 no. 6, published 1834 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Gottlieb Erfurt (1807 - 1856), "Um Frieden", c1829 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Gottlieb Erfurt (1807 - 1856), "Wanderers Nachtlied", from Deutsche Lieder (Zweite Sammlung), no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Richard Faltin (1835 - 1918), "Der du von dem Himmel bist", 1859 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 33 (Fünf Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 4, published 1894 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hans Fleischer (1896 - 1981), "Der du von dem Himmel bist", op. 75 (6 Lieder für mittlere Singstimme und Klavier) no. 3 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Theodor Flodin (1858 - 1925), "Der du von dem Himmel bist", 1899 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by H. Floto , "Der du vom Himmel bist", published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Weimar, Kühn [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ferdinand Otto von Flotow , "Wanderers Nachtlied ", published 1871 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder, no. 3, Berlin, Challier und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ernst Paul Flügel (1844 - 1912), "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 43 (Drei Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 2, published 1893 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Zittau, Loebel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Friedrich Theodor Fröhlich (1803 - 1836), "Der du vom Himmel bist", op. 3 no. 2 [ bass and piano ], from Acht deutsche Canzonetten für Bass, no. 2, Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
• by Paul Frommer (1868 - 1914), "Wand'rers Nachtlied", published 1892 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Weinholtz [sung text not yet checked]
• by Theodor Gaugler (1840 - 1892), "Wandrers Nachtgebet", op. 23 no. 10, published 1876 [ women's chorus or boys' chorus ], from Sammlung drei- und vierstimmigen Lieder für Frauenchor (Mädchen- oder ungebrochene Knabenstimme) z. Gebr. in Schule und Verein, no. 10, Binningen, (Kompfe) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Theodor Gaugler (1840 - 1892), "Wanderers Nachtgebet", op. 20 (Fünf Lieder für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor (S., A., T. und B.) im Volkston) no. 4, published 1874 [ SATB chorus ], Wien, Schreiber [sung text not yet checked]
• by Harald Genzmer (1909 - 2007), "Der du von dem Himmel bist", from Sechs Lieder nach angelsächsischen Dichtern, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Richard von Gericke , "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 1 (2 Lieder) no. 1, published 1859 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Fritz Schuberth [sung text not yet checked]
• by Walter von Goethe (1817 - 1885), "Wandrers Nachtlied", published <<1841 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hermann (Gustav) Goetz (1840 - 1876), "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 19 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6 (1862-3), published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
• by (Karl) Georg Göhler (1874 - 1954), "Der du von dem Himmel bist", 1934 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Adalbert von Goldschmidt (1848 - 1906), "Wanderers Nachtlied", published 1880 [ voice and piano ], from Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Hannover, Simon  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Adalbert von Goldschmidt (1848 - 1906), "Wanderers Nachtlied", published 1883 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hans Martin Gräbner (b. 1967), "Wandrers Nachtlied", 2011 [ voice and piano ], from Drei mal Drei Lieder nach Tucholsky, Heine und Goethe, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Lene Grenager (b. 1969), "Wandrers Nachtlied", 1999 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Cornelius Wilhelm de Groot (1914 - 1993), "Wandrers Nachtlied", published 194-?, from 7 Goethe Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by A. R. Hellmann , "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 2 (7 Lieder) no. 1, published 1853 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Wanderers Nachtlied", 1825 [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 89 no. 3, published 1896 [ high voice, violin, and organ ], from Vier geistliche Gesänge für eine hohe Stimme mit Begleitung von Violine und Orgel, no. 3, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl August Heymann-Rheineck (1854 - 1922), "Wandrer's Nachtlied", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 25 (Sechs Gesänge für Sopran, zwei Tenor, und zwei Bassstimmen (also Sechs Gesänge für Sopran, arr.)) no. 2, published 1843 [ chorus or soprano and piano ], Bonn, Simrock; originally for STTBB chorus and piano, arranged for soprano and piano in 1863 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Wanderer's Nachtlied", op. 25 (Sechs Quartette für gemischten Chor a capella) no. 3, published 1875 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
• by Martin Jacobi (1864 - 1919), "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 5 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
• by Friedrich Wilhelm Jähns (1809 - 1888), "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 13 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 2, published 1834 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
• by Gustav Jansen [not F. G. Jansen] , "Wanderers Nachtlied", published 1863 [ voice and piano ], from Musikalisches Göthe-Album. Eine Sammlung Göthescher Lieder, no. 4, Berlin, Mendel  [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Edvard) Armas Järnefelt (1869 - 1958), "Der du von dem Himmel bist", 1898 [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Théodore Kahle , "Wanderer's Nachtlied", op. 14 (Drei Quartette für S., A., T. und B. ) no. 1, published 1876 [ SATB quartet a cappella ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hugo Kauder (1888 - 1972), "Wandrers Nachtlied", 1932 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Philipp Christoph Kayser (1755 - 1823), "Um Friede", 1777, published 1780 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wilhelm Kempff (1895 - 1991), "Wandrers Nachtlied", 1947 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Theodor Fürchtegott Kirchner (1823 - 1903), "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 69 (Vier Gedichte von Goethe) no. 3, published 1882 [ men's chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Bernhard (Joseph) Klein (1793 - 1832), "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 15 (Neun Lieder von Goethe) no. 3, published 1827/32 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Bernhard (Joseph) Klein (1793 - 1832), "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 41 (Vier Gedichte von Goethe) no. 1, published 1832 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Joseph Klein (1802 - 1862), "Wandrers Nachtlied", published 1834 [ alto and piano ], from Sechs Gesaenge, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Aloys Kothe , "Wanderers Nachtlied ", op. 8 (Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1881 [ mezzo-soprano or alto or baritone and piano ], Leobschütz, Kothe [sung text not yet checked]
• by M. J. Kremer , "Wanderers Nachtlied" [ voice and piano ], from Ausgewählte Lieder, no. 11, self-published, no date ; note: each song has a title page showing "M. J. Kremer" as the composer, but at the top of each song, it says "J. N. Kremer"  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Theobald Kretschmann (1850 - 1919), "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 8 no. 1, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Wien, (Buchholz & Diebel Sort.) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Gustav Krug (1844 - 1902), "Wanderers Nachtlied", published 1886 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung, no. 3, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Julius Lammers (1829 - 1888), "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 6 (Zehn Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
• by Lenhuk , "Wanderers Nachtlied", published <<1815 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Gedichte von Goethe und Schiller, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Leopold Lenz (1803 - 1862), "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 5 (Sieben Gesänge) no. 7 [ bass and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Der du von dem Himmel bist", S. 279 (1842), published 1843, rev. 1856, rev. 1860 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 9, Heft 1 no. 3b (1828) [sung text not yet checked]
• by August Ludwig (1865 - 1946), "Wandrers Nachtlied", published 1898 [ voice and piano ], from Göthelieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte. Band 1, no. 8, Lichterfelde, Ludwig [sung text not yet checked]
• by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Wanderers Nachtlied", 1906, published 1912 [ medium voice and piano ], in Lieder und Gesänge, II. Folge, Nr.15 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Wanderers Nachtlied I", op. 15 no. 1 (1908), from 12 Goethe-Lieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Arnold Mendelssohn (1855 - 1933), "Wanderers Nachtlied" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ernst Hermann Meyer (1905 - 1988), "Wanderers Nachtlied", 1927 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Heinrich Meyer , "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 6 (Neun Lieder) no. 3, published 1878 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
• by Charles Mikuli (1819 - 1897), "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 27 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz Milcke , "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 9 (Fünf Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
• by Antonio Müller-Herrneck , "Wanderers Nachtlied", published 1899 [ alto and piano ], from Acht Lieder für Alt-Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 7, Frankfurt a/M., Steyl & Thomas [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hans Georg Nägeli (1773 - 1836), "Wandrers Nachtlied", published 1797 [ voice and piano ], in Lieder in Musik gesetzt, Zürich: im Verlage des Verfassers, Zweyte Sammlung, pages 22 - 23 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Victor Ernst Nessler (1841 - 1890), "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 34 no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz Otto (1809 - 1842), "Wand'rers Nachtlied", op. 6 no. 1, published 1877 [ vocal quartet of male voices a cappella ], from Sechs Gesänge für vier Männerstimmen, no. 1, Regensburg, Coppenrath [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ernst Pepping (1901 - 1981), "Wandrers Nachtlied", 1946, published 1949 [ voice and piano ], from Haus- und Trostbuch, no. 33 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Wanderers Nachtlied II", op. 40 (6 Lieder) no. 5 (1931) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ferdinand Pfohl (1862 - 1949), "Süßer Friede" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Gottfried Preyer (1807 - 1901), "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 13 no. 2, published 1839 [ voice and piano ], Wien: Diabelli und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Joseph) Joachim Raff (1822 - 1882), "Wandrers Nachtlied" [sung text checked 1 time]
• by (Joseph) Joachim Raff (1822 - 1882), "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 122 (10 Lieder für Männerchor) no. 5 (1853-63), published 1867 [ men's chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Wandrers Nachtlied", published 1794 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Adolf Reichel (1820 - 1896), "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 23 (Fünf Lieder für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor) no. 4, published 1883 [ chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
• by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Wandrers Nachtlied" [sung text not yet checked]
• by James Rothstein (b. 1871), "Wanderers Nachtlied ", op. 1 (Zwei Lieder für mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1896 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Sulzer Nachf. [sung text not yet checked]
• by Friedrich Wilhelm Rust (1739 - 1796), "Lied", <<1781, published 1784 [ voice and piano ], from Oden und Lieder aus den besten deutschen Dichtern, Erste Sammlung, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Mary Elizabeth Turner Salter (1856 - 1938), "Wandrers Nachtlied" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Emmy Schlieffen , "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1891 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
• by Bernhard Ernst Scholz (1835 - 1916), "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 49 (Vier Gesänge für 1 Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 4 (Drei Lieder) no. 3, D 224 (1815), published 1821 [ voice and piano ], Cappi und Diabelli, VN 773, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Ferdinand Sieber (1822 - 1895), "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 23 (Drei Gesänge für Bass-Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1856 [ bass and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Wandrers Nachtlied I", c1919 [ voice and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Friedrich Wilhelm Stade (1817 - 1902), "Der du vom Himmel bist", published 1842 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder, 1tes Heft , no. 5, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Max Staegemann (1843 - 1905), "Der du von dem Himmel bist", published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Dresden, Hoffarth  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Eduard Steuermann (1892 - 1964), "Wandrers Nachtlied", 1931, from Drei Lieder [sung text not yet checked]
• by Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774 - 1850), "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 58 (Gedichte von Goethe: VI) no. 4 (1815) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Max Wilhelm Karl Vogrich (1852 - 1916), "Wanderers Nachtlied", published 1890 [ duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], from Sechs Duette für Sopran und Tenor mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
• by Karl Weigl (1881 - 1949), "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 1 (Sieben Gesänge) no. 5 (1903-4), published 1912 [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Wanderers Nachtlied", 1887, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Gedichte von Scheffel, Mörike, Goethe and Kerner, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Philip Wolfrum (1854 - 1919), "Wanderers Nachtlied", op. 16 (Sechs Lieder von Goethe für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte. 4. Heft der Lieder und Gesänge) no. 5, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], München, Aibl [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Erich Zeisl (1905 - 1959), "Wanderers Nachtlied", 1931 [ baritone and piano ], unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758 - 1832), "Wandrers Nachtlied", 1807 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Wandrers Nachtlied", op. 27 (Twelve songs: for soprano and piano) no. 12 (1937), published c1978 [ soprano and piano ], Hillsdale, N.Y. : Mobart Music Publications, also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Winfried (Petrus Ignatius) Zillig (1905 - 1963), "Wandrers Nachtlied", 1941, orchestrated 1960 [ female voice and piano or orchestra ], from Zehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Goethe, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]

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• Also set in Danish (Dansk), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882) , no title, appears in The Poets and Poems of Europe, in Wanderer's night-song, no. 1 ; composed by Julius Chaloff, Joseph Kaufer, William Henry Reed.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Maurice Wright (b. 1949) , "The wanderer's night song", copyright © ; composed by Alexander Zemlinsky.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• AFR Afrikaans [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Trekkers nachtlied", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Wanderer's night song", copyright ©
• ENG English (Edgar Alfred Bowring) , "The wanderer's night-song", appears in The Poems of Goethe, first published 1853
• ENG English [singable] (Charles Fonteyn Manney) , "O thou who from heaven art", first published 1911
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le chant de nuit du voyageur I", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRL Friulian (Ermes Culos) , "Tu ch'i ti vèns dal paradìs", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Canto notturno del viandante II", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• SPA Spanish (Español) (Lewis Grenville) , "La cancion nocturna del caminante", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 41

You who are from heaven,
You quiet all sorrow and pain;
And he who is doubly wretched
You fill with twice as much [comfort]1.
Ah! I am tired of being driven!
For what is all this pain and joy?
Sweet peace,
Come, ah, come into my heart!