Nacht (Passacaglia)

Finstre, schwarze Riesenfalter
Töteten der Sonne Glanz.
Ein geschlossnes Zauberbuch,
Ruht der Horizont - verschwiegen.

Aus dem Qualm verlorner Tiefen
Steigt ein Duft, Erinnrung mordend!
Finstre, schwarze Reisenfalter
Töteten der Sonne Glanz.

Und vom Himmel erdenwärts
Senken sich mit schweren Schwingen
Unsichtbar die Ungetume
Auf die Menschenherzen nieder...
Finstre, schwarze Riesenfalter.

by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864-1905)

a text in French by Albert Giraud (1860-1929) , "Papillons noirs"

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

by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874-1951) , "Nacht (Passacaglia)", op. 21 no. 8 (1912), from Pierrot lunaire, no. 8.

NYN Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Are Frode Søholt)
ENG English (Mimmi Fulmer) (Ric Merritt)
ITA Italian (Ferdinando Albeggiani)

Date added to the website: 2003-11-16.

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Notte (Passacaglia)

Scure, giganti, farfalle notturne
hanno ucciso lo splendore del sole.
Come un chiuso libro di magie
riposa l'orizzonte - muto.

Dalla nebbia di perduti abissi
sale un aroma, di ricordi assassino!
Scure, giganti, farfalle notturne
hanno ucciso lo splendore del sole.

E dal cielo, sopra la terra,
scendono, con pesanti volteggi,
invisibili mostri
nel cuore degli uomini...
Scure, giganti, farfalle notturne.

Translation from German to Italian copyright © 2009 by Ferdinando Albeggiani (f (DOT) albeggiani (AT) gmail (DOT) com), (re)printed on this website with kind permission. Please contact the copyright-holder when requesting permission to reprint.

a text in German by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864-1905) NYN ENG GER

a text in French by Albert Giraud (1860-1929) , "Papillons noirs"

Date added to the website: 2009-11-02.