Laß ruh'n die Toten
Language: German (Deutsch)
Es [ragt]1 ein altes Gemäuer
Hervor aus Waldesnacht,
Wohl standen Klöster und Burgen
Einst dort in herrlicher Pracht.
Es liegen im kühlen Grunde
Behauene Steine gereiht;
Dort schlummern die [Frommen]2, die Starken,
Die Mächt'gen der alten Zeit.
Was kommst du [bei]3 nächtlicher Weile
Durchwühlen das alte Gestein?
Und [förderst herauf]4 aus den Gräbern --
Nur Staub und Totengebein.
Unmächtger Sohn der Stunde,
Das ist der Zeiten Lauf,
Laß ruhn, laß ruhn die Toten,
Du weckst sie mit Klagen nicht auf.
Translation(s): ENG FRE
List of language codes
View original text (without footnotes)
1 Strauss: "steht"
2 Strauss: "Frauen"
3 omitted by Strauss
4 Strauss: "fordest hervor"
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Authorship
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Hans Jelmoli (1877 - 1936), "Lass ruh'n die Toten" [alto and piano], from Frisch gesungen, no. 3. [
text not verified ]
- by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Laß ruh'n die Toten", WoO. 35 (1877) [voice, piano], from Jugendlieder [
text verified 2 times ]
- by Gustav Thudichum (1866 - 1944), "Lass ruh'n die Toten", op. 13 (Drei Lieder für Bass-Stimme und Piano) no. 1, published 1900 [bass and piano], München, Schmid Nachf. [
text not verified ]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable): - FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Laisse reposer les morts", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Let the dead rest", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Let the dead rest
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
An old rock wall [looms]1
Out of the night of the forest;
Once cloisters and castles must have
Stood there in glorious splendour.
In the cool depths there lie
Rows of hewn stones;
The [pious]2 slumber there, the strong,
The powerful of olden times.
Why do you come in the night-time
To rummage through the old rocks?
And summon [up]3 from the graves --
Only dust and skeletons.
You powerless son of the hour,
That is the march of time,
Let rest, let rest the dead,
You cannot waken them with laments.
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View original text (without footnotes)
1 Strauss: "stands"
2 Strauss: "women"
3 Strauss: "forth"
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