Hörst du die Gründe rufen [In Träumen]1 halb verwacht? O, von des Schlosses Stufen Steig nieder in die Nacht! -- Die Nachtigallen schlagen, Der Garten rauschet sacht, Es will dir Wunder sagen, Die wunderbare Nacht.
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View original text (without footnotes)When first published in 1828, the poem "Nacht" was one stanza long (usually referred to as Nacht Teil 1); in 1837, Eichendorff added Teil 2, which encompassed stanza 2; in 1839, Eichendorff added Teil 3, which encompassed stanzas 3 and 4; and in 1841 he added Teil 4, encompassing stanzas 5 and 6, and thus giving the poem its final form.
Confirmed with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff, Gedichte, Zweite vermehrte und veränderte Auflage, Berlin: M. Simion, 1843, page 235.
1 Schoeck: "Im Traume"Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe, in Nacht, no. 4 [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 Louis Ehlert (1825 - 1884), "Hörst du die Gründe rufen", op. 8 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 6, published 1848 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Peters [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Flügel (1812 - 1900), "Nacht", op. 21 (Lieder und Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 10, published 1848 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Hohfeld (flourished 1884-1895), "Die Nacht", published 1884 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge, no. 13, Mainz: Kittlitz-Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Nacht", op. 21 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Martens , "Wunder der Nacht", op. 24 no. 14, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Eichendorff-Album. 20 Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung. Religiöse Lieder, no. 14, Berlin, Deneke [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aribert Reimann (b. 1936), "Nachtstück", 1966 [ baritone, piano ], from Nachtstück, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Wilhelm Julius Rietz (1812 - 1877), "Nacht", op. 26 (Zwölf Gesänge für eine Singstimme und Piano), Heft 1 no. 6, published 1848 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote und Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Nacht", op. 76 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1867 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Moritz Scharf (1838 - 1908), "Nacht", op. 1 (Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 6, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Witting [sung text not yet checked]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Nacht", op. 30 no. 9 (1917) [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Eichendorff-Lieder, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Constance Bache) , "Night"
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , no title, copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 36
Hear'st thou the forest luring? In dreams it says to thee "O from thy castle's shelter Come hither, love, to me." The nightingales are singing, The garden shades invite; A wondrous tale they tell thee. O wondrous hour of night!
From a Rubinstein score. Note: Rubinstein repeats stanza 1, line 4 but Bache provides a different line for the repetition: "Come hither unto me!"
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Constance Bache (1846 - 1903), "Night" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe, in Nacht, no. 4
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson
This text was added to the website: 2011-06-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 40