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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Herz, und verlangst du nicht Ruhe?
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Herz, und verlangst du nicht Ruhe?
Welt ist so still, wie das Grab.
Hinter die dunkele Fluhe
Sank schon die Sonne hinab.
Horch! [und die]1 Glocke sie läutet zum Ruh'n,
Ruhe, ruhe du nun!
Läutet [dir, dir auch]2 zum Ruh'n.

Flieht nicht die herrlichste Wonne,
Ehe der Morgen erwacht?
Sind nicht erloschen der Sonne
Strahlen in finsterer Nacht?
Horch! [und die]1 Glocke sie hallt und verhallt,
[Hallt, verhallt, und]3 wie bald
Schweigest [auch du]4, o wie bald!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   F. Abt •   L. Le Beau 

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1 Le Beau: "Die"
2 Abt: "auch dir"
3 Le Beau: "Und"
4 Le Beau: "du"

Text Authorship:

  • by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Abendlied", appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Dichterleben, in Jugend und Mannesjahre [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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

  • by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Abendlied", op. 62 (6 zweistimmige Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1848 [ duet for 2 voices with piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Abendlied", op. 20 (Zehn Lieder), Heft 1 no. 1 (1858) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Karl) Friedrich Curschmann (1805 - 1841), "Abendlied", op. 14 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 6, published 1836 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ernst Frank (1847 - 1889), "Abendlied", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Mannheim, Sohler [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805 - 1900), "Abendlied", op. 35 (Sechs deutsche Gesänge) no. 4, published 1842, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johann Heuchemer (1826 - 1858), "Abendlied", op. 8 (Sechs Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 2, published 1858 [ mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Friedrich Gustav Jansen (1831 - 1910), "Herz, und verlangst du nicht Ruhe?", op. 6 (Fünf Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1854 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johann Wenzeslaus Kalliwoda (1801 - 1866), "Abendlied", op. 124 no. 4 [ SATB chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Luise Adolpha Le Beau (1850 - 1927), "Abendlied", op. 14 (Drei Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 3 (1877), published 1880 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by August Friedrich Wilhelm Reissmann (1825 - 1903), "Herz und verlangst du nicht Ruhe?", op. 31 (Drei Gesänge für dreistimmigen Frauenchor) no. 2, published 1874 [ three-part women's chorus ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Bernhard Schuster , "Abendlied", op. 12 (Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Julius Stockhaus , "Abendlied", published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 4, Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2023
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Chant du soir", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-02-16
Line count: 14
Word count: 83

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