Night Song
Night Song - meaning Summary
Lullaby of Transcendent Sleep
Goethe’s "Night Song" addresses a sleeping beloved through a repeated lullaby voice that blends music, stars and gentle imagery. The speaker’s music summons a transcendent mood: eternal feelings lift both singer and sleeper away from mundane life toward calm, enchanted waters. The poem’s circular structure returns to the pillow and the refrain, reinforcing rest, consolation, and the speaker’s wish that sleep alone suffice.
Read Complete AnalysesOh, on your soft pillow Dreaming now, half-hear! In my music’s echo Sleep! What would you more? In my music’s echo The starry host appear, Eternal feelings, bless, now: Sleep! What would you more? Eternal feelings, bless, now, Lift me higher and higher, From all earthly beings: oh, Sleep! What would you more? From all earthly beings, oh, You carry me, now, so far, Enchanted by the cool flow: Sleep! What would you more? Enchanted by the cool flow, Dreaming now, you hear. Ah, on your soft pillow, Sleep! What would you more?
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