Die [dunklen]1 Wolken hingen Herab so bang und schwer, Wir beide traurig gingen Im Garten hin und her. So [heiß und]2 stumm, so trübe [Und]3 sternlos war die Nacht, So ganz, wie unsre Liebe, Zu Tränen nur gemacht. Und als ich mußte scheiden Und gute Nacht [dir]4 bot, Wünscht' ich bekümmert beiden Im Herzen uns den Tod.
Drei Gesänge für eine Alt- oder Baritonstimme mit Pianoforte , opus 1
by Albert Felix, Graf Amadei (1851 - 1894)
Translations available for the entire opus: CAT DUT ENG FRE
1. Der schwere Abend [sung text not yet checked]
Language: German (Deutsch)
Text Authorship:
- by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Der schwere Abend", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Viertes Buch, in Liebesklänge
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De drukkende avond", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The oppressive evening", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Pénible soirée", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Gedichte von Nicolaus Lenau, Stuttgart, Karl Göpel's Verlag, Cotta'scher Druck, 1869, page 182.
1 Bolko von Hochberg, Rübner: "dunkeln"; Horn: "trüben"; Schleuning: "schweren"; further changes may exist not shown above.2 Bolko von Hochberg: "heiß, so"
3 Bolko von Hochberg, Thuille: "So"
4 Thuille: "ihr"
2. Wanderers Nachtlied [sung text not yet checked]
Language: German (Deutsch)
Über allen [Gipfeln]1 Ist Ruh', In allen Wipfeln Spürest du Kaum einen Hauch; Die [Vögelein]2 schweigen im Walde. Warte nur, balde Ruhest du auch.
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), title 1: "Ein gleiches", title 2: "Wandrers Nachtlied", subtitle: "Ein gleiches", written 1780, first published 1815
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- AFR Afrikaans [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Karel Dostál-Lutinov) , "Počkej", first published 1917
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Wim Reedijk) , "Boven alle bergen", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Trekkers nachtlied II", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Over all the peaks it is peaceful", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Edgar Alfred Bowring) , "The wanderer's night-song", appears in The Poems of Goethe, first published 1853
- ENG English [singable] (Arthur Westbrook) , "Wanderer's night song"
- ENG English (Patrick John Corness) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Yölaulu", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le chant de nuit du voyageur II", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Au sommet de tous les pics", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Sopra ogni vetta", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Canto notturno del viandante I", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- RUS Russian (Русский) (Innokenty Fyodorovich Annensky) , no title
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Mercedes Vivas) , "Sobre todas las cumbres", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1827, page 109; and with Goethe's Werke. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1815, page 99.
Note: in many older editions, the spelling of the capitalized word "über" becomes "Ueber", but this is often due to the printing process and not to rules of orthography, since the lower-case version is not "ueber", so we use "Über".
1 Flügel, Gaugler, Hasse, Radecke: "Wipfeln" (according to the incipits given in Hofmeister) ; further changes may exist not noted above. Lachner: Both "Gipfeln" and "Wipfeln."2 Schubert: "Vöglein"
See also J.D. Falk's poem Unter allen Wipfeln ist Ruh.
3. In meinem Garten die Nelken [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: German (Deutsch)
In meinem Garten die Nelken mit ihrem Purpurstern [müssen]1 nun alle verwelken, denn du bist fern. Auf meinem [Herde]2 die Flammen die ich bewacht so gern, [sanken]3 in Asche zusammen, denn du bist fern. Die Welt ist mir verdorben, mich grüßt nicht [Blume nicht]4 Stern, mein Herz ist [lange]5 gestorben, denn du bist fern.
Text Authorship:
- by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Jugendgedichte, in 2. Zweites Buch, in Berlin, in Mädchenlieder, no. 1
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Linda Godry) , "The carnations in my garden", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , "Im' ghairdinse", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Margarida Moreno) , "Canção", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
1 Blodek: "sie müssen"
2 Wolfrum: "Herd"
3 Blodek: "sie sanken"
4 Blodek: "Blume noch"; Wolfrum: "Blum' nicht"
5 Amadei: "lang'"