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Bachlund)</a></span></div> <a class="see-original" href="/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=3863">See original</a></div> <div id="tr-lang" class="lang tr-lang detail">Language: <span class="orig">German (Deutsch) </span></div> <div id="tr-trs" class="trs tr-trs detail"><span>Our translations: <b class="tr"><a title="Catalan (Catal脿)" class="transbox1" href="/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=123689">CAT</a></b> <b class="singable_tr"><a title="Singable Dutch (Nederlands)" class="transbox1" href="/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=26926">DUT</a></b> <b class="tr"><a title="English" class="transbox1" href="/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=3864">ENG</a></b> <b class="singable_tr"><a title="Singable English" class="transbox1" href="/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=36061">ENG</a></b> <b class="tr"><a title="French (Fran莽ais)" class="transbox1" href="/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=58103">FRE</a></b> <b class="tr"><a title="Italian (Italiano)" class="transbox1" href="/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=88734">ITA</a></b> <b class="tr"><a title="Turkish (T眉rk莽e)" class="transbox1" href="/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=93991">TUR</a></b></span></div> <div id="tr-prmlinks" class="prm-links tr-prmlinks detail"></div> <div id="tr-gelinks" class="ge-links tr-gelinks detail"></div> <div id="tr-admlinks" class="adm-links tr-admlinks detail"></div> <div id="the-tr" class="text the-tr notranslate"><pre>Er liegt und schl盲ft an meinem Herzen, Mein guter Schutzgeist sang ihn ein; Und ich kann fr枚lich seyn und scherzen, Kann jeder Blum' und jedes Blatts mich freun. Nachtigall, Nachtigall, ach! Sing mir den Amor nicht wach!</pre> </div> <div id="tr-sung-texts" class="notes tr-sung-texts detail"></div> <div id="tr-notes" class="notes tr-notes detail notranslate"> <p>First published in <u>Der Wandsbecker Bothe</u>. Ao. 1771. No. 70. Mittwochs, den 1sten May.</p> <p class="text-info">Composition:</p><ul>Set to music by <a href="/lieder/get_settings.html?ComposerId=8142">Gary Bachlund</a> (b. 1947), "An die Nachtigall", 2013 [ medium voice and piano ]</ul><p><p class="text-info">Text Authorship:</p><ul><li> by <a href="/lieder/get_author_texts.html?AuthorId=542">Matthias Claudius</a> (1740 - 1815), "An die Nachtigall", first published 1771</li></ul></p><p>See other <a href="/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=3863">settings</a> of this text.</p><p><p class="text-info">Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):</p><ul><li><B class="tr">CAT</B> <a href="/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=123689">Catalan (Catal脿)</a> (Salvador Pila) , <B>copyright ©</B> 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission </li><li><B class="tr">DUT</B> <a href="/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=26926">Dutch (Nederlands)</a> [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Aan de nachtegaal", <B>copyright ©</B> 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission </li><li><B class="tr">ENG</B> <a href="/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=3864">English</a> (Emily Ezust) , "He lies sleeping by my heart", <B>copyright ©</B> </li><li><B class="tr">ENG</B> <a href="/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=36061">English</a> [singable] (Shula Keller) , "To the nightingale", <B>copyright ©</B> 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission </li><li><B class="tr">FRE</B> <a href="/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=58103">French (Fran莽ais)</a> (Guy Laffaille) , "Au rossignol", <B>copyright ©</B> 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission </li><li><B class="tr">ITA</B> <a href="/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=88734">Italian (Italiano)</a> (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Mi giace, dormendo, sul cuore", <B>copyright ©</B> 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission </li><li><B class="tr">TUR</B> <a href="/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=93991">Turkish (T眉rk莽e)</a> (G眉l Sabar) , "Bülbüle", <B>copyright ©</B> 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission </li></ul></p> <br>Research team for this page: Richard Morris , Peter Rastl <b>[Guest Editor]</b> <p>This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.<br>Line count: <b>6</b><br> Word count: <b>37</b></p> </div> </div> </div> <script src="/lieder/js/placard.js?v=2"></script> <script> function toggleInterleaved() { if (document.getElementById('text-table').classList.contains('combined-columns')) { separate(); 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