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by Max Kalbeck (1850 - 1921)

Nachtwandler
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Störe nicht den leisen Schlummer
Dess, den lind ein Traum umfangen!
Laß ihm seinen süßen Kummer!
Ihm sein schmerzliches Verlangen!

Sorgen und Gefahren drohen,
Aber keine wird ihm schrecken,
Kommst du nicht, den Schlafesfrohen
Durch ein hartes Wort zu wecken.

Still in seinen Traum versunken,
Geht er über Abgrundtiefen,
wie vom Licht des Vollmonds trunken,
Weh' den Lippen, die ihn riefen!

Text Authorship:

  • by Max Kalbeck (1850 - 1921), "Nachtwandler", appears in Nächte, in Aus Heimat und Fremde, first published 1878 [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Nachtwandler", op. 86 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3 (1877?) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Caminant de nit", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Slaapwandelaar", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Night wanderer", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le marcheur de nuit", copyright © 2010, (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: 12
Word count: 61

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