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by Elisabeth Kulmann (1808 - 1825)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Bleibe hier und singe

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

  Bleibe hier und singe,
Liebe Nachtigall!
Dein Gesang erklinge
Schmetternd überall.

  Flur und Waldung lauschet,
Alles hört dir zu;
Nicht ein Blättchen rauschet,
Bleiben all in Ruh.

  Dich bewundernd schweiget
Rings der Vögel Chor,
Seinen Höhn entsteiget
's Eichhorn, wird ganz Ohr.

  Hör' ich recht, so brauset
Minder jetzt der Bach,
Da hier Stille hauset,
Läßt sein Toben nach.

  Bleibe hier und singe,
Liebe Nachtigall!
Dein Gesang erklinge
Schmetternd überall.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• R. Schumann

R. Schumann sets stanzas 1-2, 4-5

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Confirmed with Sämmtliche Dichtungen von Elisabeth Kulmann, herausgegeben von Karl Friedrich von Großheinrich, Achte, vermehrte Auflage, Frankfurt am Main: Druck und Verlag von H.L. Brönner, 1857, page 286.

Text Authorship:

by Elisabeth Kulmann (1808 - 1825), "Kinderlied an die Nachtigall", appears in Neue Gemäldesammlung in zwanzig Säälen [sic], in Sechster Saal, no. 2 [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 Leopold Damrosch (1832 - 1885), "An die Nachtigall", undated MS, version 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Leopold Damrosch (1832 - 1885), "An die Nachtigall", undated MS, version 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "An die Nachtigall", op. 37 (Acht Kinderlieder) no. 6 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "An die Nachtigall", op. 103 no. 3 (1851), published 1851, stanzas 1-2,4-5 [ duet for 2 sopranos (or soprano and alto) with piano ], from Mädchenlieder (Kulmann Lieder), no. 3, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Aan de nachtegaal", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "To the nightingale", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Au rossignol", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2007-01-23
Line count: 20
Word count: 71

Aan de nachtegaal

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

Blijf toch hier, blijf zingen,
Lieve nachtegaal!
Jouw gezang moet dringen
Door tot allemaal.
 
Veld en bossen luist'ren,
Jou aanhoort het al;
'k Hoor geen blaadje fluist'ren,
Rust is overal.
 
Jou bewond'rend dimt ook
Alom 't vogelkoor,
Uit de hoogte klimt ook
D' eekhoorn, enkel oor.
 
Hoor ik 't goed, ook minder
Luid bruist nu de beek;
Stil dus als een vlinder
Houdt zich ook de kreek.
 
Blijf toch hier, blijf zingen,
Lieve nachtegaal!
Jouw gezang moet dringen
Door tot allemaal.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Elisabeth Kulmann (1808 - 1825), "Kinderlied an die Nachtigall", appears in Neue Gemäldesammlung in zwanzig Säälen [sic], in Sechster Saal, no. 2
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This text was added to the website: 2013-09-03
Line count: 20
Word count: 81