Lass dich belauschen,
Du stille Nacht!
Nur Wasser rauschen,
Nur Liebe wacht.
Vom Walde drüben
Tönt süsser Schall,
Es singt von [Lieben]1
Die Nachtigall.
Der Vogel schweiget,
Der Mond entwich,
Zur Blume neiget
Die Blume sich.
Der Liebe Fülle
Durchströmt die Flur,
In Nacht und Stille
Sinkt die Natur.
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1 Hinrichs: "Liebe"
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Robert Emmerich (1836 - 1891), "In der Sommermondnacht", op. 41 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 3, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edgar Hansen (1876 - ?), "In der Mondnacht", op. 81 no. 1 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Hinrichs (1820 - 1892), "An die Nacht", op. 6 (Zwölf zweistimmige Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 12, published 1868 [ duet for 2 sopranos with piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Julius Hermann Krigar (1819 - 1880), "In der Mondnacht", op. 35 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Kulenkampff (1849 - 1921), "Abendstimmung", op. 20 (7 Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1901 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Herrn. Seemann Nachf. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Luise Adolpha Le Beau (1850 - 1927), "In der Mondnacht", op. 45 (Drei Lieder) no. 2 (1898), published 1898 [ alto, violin, and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ödön (Edmund) von Mihalovich (1842 - 1929), "In der Mondnacht", published 1871 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 2, Pest, Táborszky & Parsch [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Rorich (1869 - 1941), "In der Mondnacht", op. 23 no. 1, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], from Natur und Welt. Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "In der Mondnacht", 1984, unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "In the moonlit night", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2008-06-16
Line count: 16
Word count: 50
Let me eavesdrop upon you,
You quiet night!
Only the waters are murmuring,
Only love is awake.
From the forest over yonder
A sweet sound rings out,
The nightingale
Is singing of [loving]1.
The bird falls silent,
The moon has vanished,
Flower inclines itself
To flower.
The fullness of love
Perfuses the lea,
Into night and silence
Nature sinks.