| Title | Nachtviolen |
| Catalogue No. | D.752 |
| Composer | Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828) |
| Key | C major (also transposed into G♭) |
| Year | 1822 |
| Period | Romantic |
This piece is a setting of a poem by Johann Mayrhofer.
| German | English |
| Nachtviolen, Nachtviolen! | Night violets, night violets! |
| Dunkle Augen, seelenvolle, | Dark eyes, soulful, |
| selig [nb 1] ist es, | joyful is it |
| sich versenken | to sink one’s self |
| in dem semmtnen Blau. | into the velvet blue. |
| Grüne Blätter | Green leaves |
| streben freudig | strive joyfully |
| euch zu hellen, | to brighten you, |
| euch zu schmücken; | to bejewel you, |
| doch [nb 2] ihr blicket | [while] you look |
| ernst und schweigend | earnestly and silently |
| in die laue | into the mild |
| Frühlingsluft. | spring air. |
| Mit erhabnen | With sublime |
| Wehmutsstrahlen | melancholia’s shining |
| trafet ihr mein treues Herz, | you strike my true heart, |
| und nun blüht | and now blooms |
| in stummen Nächten | into silent nights |
| fort die heilige Verbindung. | forth the holy connection. |
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