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Nacht und Träume

Language: German

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

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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)

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

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Night and dreams

Language: English

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!


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    * 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 when requesting permission to reprint.

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