In tiefer Ruh liegt um mich her

In tiefer Ruh liegt um mich her
Der Waffenbrüder Kreis;
Mir ist das Herz so bang [und]1 schwer,
Von Sehnsucht mir so heiß.

Wie hab' ich oft so süß [geruht]2
An ihrem Busen warm!
Wie freundlich schien des Heerdes Gluth,
Lag sie in meinem Arm!

Hier, wo der [Flammen]3 düstrer Schein
Ach nur auf Waffen spielt,
Hier fühlt die Brust sich ganz allein,
Der Wehmuth Thräne quillt.

Herz! Daß der Trost Dich nicht verläßt!
[Es]4 ruft noch manche Schlacht. -
Bald ruh' ich wohl und schlafe fest,
Herzliebste - Gute Nacht!

Translation(s): CAT DUT ENG FIN FRE ITA KOR NOR POR SPA

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Ludwig Rellstab. Erstes Bändchen. Berlin, bei Friedrich Laue. 1827, page 105; and with Mitternachtblatt für gebildete Stände. Herausgegeben von Müllner. 1826, Zweiter Band. Braunschweig, bei Friedrich Vieweg. No. 78. Braunschweig, am 30. Juni 1826, page 312.

Authorship

• by Ludwig Rellstab (1799 - 1860), "Kriegers Ahnung" [ author's text checked 2 times]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Ludwig Berger (1777 - 1839), "Des Kriegers Ahnung", published 1842 [voice and piano], Leipzig: Frederic Hofmeister [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Bernhard (Joseph) Klein (1793 - 1832), "Des Kriegers Ahnung", published 1842 [voice and piano], Leipzig: Frederic Hofmeister [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Kriegers Ahnung", D. 957 no. 2 (1828), published 1829 [voice and piano], from Schwanengesang, no. 2, Tobias Haslinger, VN 5370, Wien [ sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El pressentiment del guerrer", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Voorgevoel van een soldaat", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Richard Morris) , "Warrior's foreboding", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Pensées de guerrier", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Presentimento del guerriero", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• KOR Korean (한국어/조선말) [singable] (곽명규 Myung-Kew Kwack) , "병정의 예감", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Krigerens forutanelser", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• POR Portuguese (Português) (Axel Bergstedt) , "Pressentimentos de um guerreiro", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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