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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

Die gute Nacht, die ich dir sage
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Die gute Nacht, die ich dir sage,
Freund, hörest du!
Ein Engel, der die Botschaft trage,
Geht ab und zu.

Er bringt sie dir, und hat mir wieder
Den Gruß gebracht:
Dir sagen auch des Freundes Lieder
[Nun]1 gute Nacht.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   C. Schumann •   R. Schumann 

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Confirmed with Friedrich Rückert's gesammelte Poetische Werke in zwölf Bänden. Erster Band, Frankfurt am Main: J. D. Sauerländer's Verlag, 1868, page 556.

1 C. Schumann, R. Schumann: "Jetzt"

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 3. Liebesfrühling, in 5. Fünfter Strauß. Verbunden or Wiedergewonnen], no. 4 [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 Elise Breiderhoff, née Frey (1849 - 1940), "Die gute Nacht, die ich dir sage", op. 3 (Vierzehn Lieder für 2 weibliche Stimme ohne Begleitung) no. 12, published 1897 [ vocal duet for female voices, unaccompanied ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Die gute Nacht", op. 26 (Sechs Lieder von F. Rückert) no. 2, published 1840 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Peters  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Kienzl (1857 - 1941), "Aus dem IV. Strauss: Wiedergewonnen.", op. 11 no. 5 (187-?), published 1878 [ voice and piano ], from Liebesfrühling, no. 5, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Julius Kniese (1848 - 1905), "Die gute Nacht, die ich dir sage", op. 7 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Samuel de Lange (1840 - 1911), "Die gute Nacht, die ich dir sage", op. 26 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Bonn, Cohen [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896), "Die gute Nacht, die ich dir sage", 1841, published 1992 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Gute Nacht", op. 59, Heft 1 no. 4 (1846), published 1848 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Vier Gesänge für gemischten Chor, no. 4, Leipzig, Whistling [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) , "Goede nacht", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (David Kenneth Smith) , "The good night wish, with which I greet you", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (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: 8
Word count: 41

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