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by Carl (Ferdinand Max) Hauptmann (1858 - 1921)

Translation © by Elke Beatriz Riedel

Dämmern Wolken über Nacht und Thal

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE ITA POR

Dämmern Wolken über Nacht und Thal,
Nebel schweben. Wasser rauschen sacht.
Nun entschleiert sich's mit einem Mal:
O gieb acht! gieb acht!

Weites Wunderland ist aufgethan,
Silbern ragen Berge traumhaft gross,
Stille Pfade silberlicht thalan
Aus verborg'nem Schoss.

Und die hehre Welt so traumhaft rein.
Stummer Buchenbaum am Wege steht
Schattenschwarz -- ein Hauch vom fernen Hain
Einsam leise [geht]¹.

Und aus tiefen Grundes Düsterheit
Blinken Lichter auf in [stumme]² Nacht.
Trinke Seele! trinke Einsamkeit!
O gieb acht! gieb acht!

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• A. Berg

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Confirmed with Carl Hauptmann Aus meinem Tagebuch, Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1900, page 213.

¹ Berg: "weht"
² Berg: "stummer"

Text Authorship:

by Carl (Ferdinand Max) Hauptmann (1858 - 1921), no title, appears in Aus meinem Tagebuch, first published 1900 [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 Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Nacht", 1908 [ voice and piano ], from Sieben frühe Lieder, no. 1, from Jugendlieder, Vol. II (1904-08), no. 76 [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 79

Noite

Language: Portuguese (Português) after the German (Deutsch)

Descem nuvens sobre a noite e o vale,
A neblina flutua, a água murmura suavemente.
Então de repente tudo se descortina:
Oh, tenha cuidado! Tenha cuidado!
Um vasto país de maravilhas se abre;
Montanhas prateadas se elevam, fantasticamente altas,
Silenciosas trilhas banhadas na luz de prata levam ao vale,
Nascidas de algum lugar misterioso;
E o mundo majestoso resplandece em pureza de sonhos.
Uma quieta faia se alça à beira da estrada,
Negra como uma sombra, um alento de um vale distante,
Balouça solitária ao vento.
E do âmago da profunda escuridão
Brilham luzes na noite silenciosa. 
Beba, alma! Beba, solidão!
Oh, tenha cuidado! Tenha cuidado!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Carl (Ferdinand Max) Hauptmann (1858 - 1921), no title, appears in Aus meinem Tagebuch, first published 1900
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This text was added to the website: 2011-05-31
Line count: 16
Word count: 106