Manche Nacht

Wenn die Felder sich verdunkeln,
fühl' ich wird mein Auge heller;
schon versucht ein Stern zu funkeln,
und die Grillen wispern schneller.

Jeder Laut wird bilderreicher,
das Gewohnte sonderbarer,
hinterm Wald der Himmel bleicher,
jeder Wipfel hebt sich klarer;

Und du merkst es nicht im Schreiten
wie das Licht verhundertfältigt
sich entringt den Dunkelheiten.
Plötzlich stehst du überwältigt.

by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863-1920)

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

by Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979) , "Manche Nacht", 1907.
by Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957) , "Manche Nacht", op. 24a no. 6 (1911).
by Karol Maciej Szymanowski (1882-1937) , "Manche Nacht", op. 17 (Zwölf Lieder) no. 4, also set in Polish
by Ernest Vietor (fl. 1905-1930) , "Manche Nacht", op. 16 (Neun Lieder) no. 2 (1937-8).

by Karol Maciej Szymanowski (1882-1937) , "Nocą", op. 17 (Zwölf Lieder) no. 4, also set in German

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