Herligt, en sommernat (Heiberg, set by D. Kuhlau) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Herligt, en sommernat
drage til elverkrat,
hvile ved kilden den svale. 
Luna sit sølverbånd
snor om Endymion,
spejder i busk og i dale. 

Møder en nymfe dig,
lad hende skøtte sig,
jæger, o lad hende fare! 
Husk, at Aktæon fik
straf for et dristigt blik,
jæger, o tag dig i vare! 

Gå på den sikre vej,
sværm og forvild dig ej,
jæger, i agt du dig tage! 
Men har du tabt vort spor,
lyt til vort jægerkor,
det skal dig kalde tilbage.

Authorship

Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1791-1860)

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

Daniel Friedrich Rudolph Kuhlau (1786-1832)

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