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Goethe: Wandrers Nachtlied II

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Wandrers Nachtlied

Über allen Gipfeln
Ist Ruh,
In allen Wipfeln
Spürest du
Kaum einen Hauch;
Die Vögelein schweigen im Walde.
Warte nur, balde
Ruhest du auch.

Wanderer's Night Song

Hush'd on the hill
Is the breeze;
Scarce by the zephyr
The trees
Softly are press'd;
The woodbird's asleep on the bough.
Wait, then, and thou
Soon wilt find rest.

Performed by Christian Wewerka


Schubert's setting of Wandrers Nachtlied II performed by Matthias Goerne and Alexander Schmalcz