O lass dich halten, goldne Stunde

O lass dich halten, goldne Stunde,
die nie so schön sich wieder beut!
Schau, wie die Mondnacht in die Runde
all ihre weissen Rosen streut.

Der Tages Stimmen fern verhallten,
nicht Worte stören, nicht Gesang,
des stillsten Glückes innig walten,
nach dem die ganze Seele drang.

So Brust an Brust, so ganz mein eigen,
so halt' ich dich, geliebtes Bild!
Es rauscht die Nacht, die Lippen schweigen,
und Seele tief in Seele quillt.

Ich bin dein Glück, du meine Wonne,
ich bin dein Leben, du mein Licht:
was soll uns Tag, was soll uns Sonne?
Du schöne Nacht, entflieh uns nicht!

Input by Peter Donderwinkel

Authorship

by Otto Roquette (1824-1896) , title unknown

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

by Adolf Jensen (1837-1879) , "O lass dich halten, goldne Stunde", op. 35 (Sechs Lieder von O. Roquette) no. 3, published 1869 [voice and piano], Dresden, Hoffarth
by Theobald Kretschmann (1850-1919) , "O lass dich halten gold'ne Stunde", published 1879 [voice and piano], from Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Wien, (Buchholz & Diebel Sort.)
by Richard Metzdorff (1844-1919) , "O lass dich halten, gold'ne Stunde", op. 29 no. 2, published 1875 [voice and piano], in Die musikalische Welt, Braunschweig, Litolff
by Frank Valentin Van der Stucken (1858-1929) , "Seligkeit", op. 17 (Acht Lieder) no. 3, published 1892. [low voice and piano]
by Max von Weinzierl (1841-1898) , "O lass dich halten, goldne Stunde", op. 11 (Fünf Lieder) no. 4, published 1879 [low voice and piano], Wien, Jägermayer & Germ

ENG English [singable] (Helen D. Tretbar) , "Bliss"

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Bliss

O tarry alway bright golden hour,
Non fair as thou shall dawn again!
See how the moonlight, all enfolding,
Spreads snowy roses o'er the plain,

The endless voice of day now ceases
No word shall trouble not e'en song
Our silent rapture's tender blisses,
For which the inmost soul doth long!

Thus heart to heart its troth confessing
I hold thee close, beloved mine!
While lips are mute, night rustles blessing
Let ardent soul to soul incline.

I am thy joy, thou art my treasure,
I am thy lige and thou my light,
What need if day and all its glory?
O leave us not, delicious night!

From the Van der Stucken score

Input by Hanne-Joost Peeters

Authorship

Singable translation by Helen D. Tretbar , "Bliss"

a text in German by Otto Roquette (1824-1896) , title unknown

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: 2009-02-15.