Snart er natten svunden (Heiberg, set by J. Hartmann) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Snart er natten svunden,
dagen bryder frem. 
Fra vor jagt i lunden
alt vi drage hjem. 
Borgens haners galen
lyder over vang,
snart vil Gurre-svalen
kvidre morgensang. 

End i vesten glimter
matte stjerners hær,
mens i øst man skimter
svage morgenskær. 
Mod de tavse strande
søen vugger sig,
stjernen i dens vande
spejles blidelig. 

Nu afsted til borgen,
til vor rede hen! 
En lyksalig morgen
snart bestråler den. 
Veget er det dunkle,
som den mørknet har. 
Nu skal solen funkle
for Kong Valdemar.

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)

Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805-1900)

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