Beim Schlafengehen - Wilhelm Furtwaengler, Kirsten Flagstad, Philharmonia Prchestra

Nun der Tag mich müd gemacht, / Now this day has fatigued me

soll mein sehnliches Verlangen / and my most arduous desire shall

freundlich die gestirnte Nacht / receive kindly the starry night

wie ein müdes Kind empfangen.

/ like a tired child

Hände, laßt von allem Tun, / Hands, rest after so much action

Stirn, vergiß du alles Denken, / Forehead, cease all thinking

alle meine Sinne nun / Now all my senses

wollen sich in Schlummer senken.

/ wish to sink into this light slumber

Und die Seele unbewacht / And unattendedly the soul

will in freien Flügen schweben, / wants to take wings freely

um im Zauberkreis der Nacht / to live on deep down and thousandfold

tief und tausendfach zu leben.

/ in the magic circle of the night

(Hermann Hesse)

Now the day has made me tired, / Now this day has fatigued me

shall my longing desire / and my most arduous desire shall

receive kindly the starry night

received like a tired child.

/ like a tired child

Hands, stop doing everything, / Hands, rest after so much action

Forehead, cease all thinking

All my senses now / Now all my senses

want to sink into slumber.

/ wish to sink into this light slumber

And unattendedly the soul

wants to soar in free flights, / wants to take wings freely

um in the magic circle of the night / to live on deep down and thousandfold

to live deeply and a thousandfold.

/ in the magic circle of the night

(Hermann Hesse)