I wander through the quiet night;
the moon floats so secretly and gently,
often emerging from a dark cover of clouds.
And here and there in the valley
a nightingale awakens
but then all is gray and still again.

O wonderful night-song
from distant parts - the rushing of a stream
and the soft shuddering in the dark trees
confuse my thoughts.
My disordered singing here is only like a cry from my dreams.