Nacht und Träume

Heil'ge Nacht, du sinkest nieder;
Nieder wallen auch die Träume
Wie dein [Licht]1 durch die Räume,
[Lieblich durch der Menschen Brust]2.
Die belauschen sie mit Lust;
Rufen, wenn der Tag erwacht:
Kehre wieder, heil'ge Nacht!
Holde Träume, kehret wieder!

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¹ Schubert: "Mondlicht"
² Schubert: "Durch der Menschen stille Brust"

Input by David Gordon

Authorship

by Matthäus Kasimir von Collin (1779-1824) , "Nachtfeier"

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Michael Brough (1960-) , "Nacht und Träume", op. 8 (Elf Lieder) no. 6 (1995-6). [voice and piano]
by Robert Emmerich (1836-1891) , "Nacht und Träume", op. 42 (Fünf Gesänge für gemischte Chor) no. 5, published 1874 [SATB chorus a cappella], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) , "Nacht und Träume", op. 43 (Zwei Lieder) no. 2, D. 827 (1822?), published 1825.

ENG English (David Gordon) , "Night and dreams", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Nacht en dromen", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Martin Zubiria) , "Noche y ensueños", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Notte e sogni", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Antoine Pelletier) , "Nuit et rêves", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CHI Chinese (Yen-Chiang Che) , "夜與夢", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Natt og drømmer", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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Night and dreams

Holy night, you sink down; 
Dreams, too, drift down
Like your moonlight through space, 
Through the quiet hearts of men;
They listen with delight 
Calling out when day awakens:
Return, holy night! 
Fair dreams, return!

Authorship

Translation from German to English copyright © by David Gordon, website10 (AT) spiritsound (DOT) com, http://www.spiritsound.com/, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. Please contact the copyright-holder(s) when requesting permission to reprint and be sure to give proper credit.

a text in German by Matthäus Kasimir von Collin (1779-1824) , "Nachtfeier" DUT NOR ITA FRE CHI SPA

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.