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by Ottilie Wildermuth (1817 - 1877)

Du hast ja lang dein Herz vorausgesendet
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Du hast ja lang dein Herz vorausgesendet
Und seiner ew'gen Heimat zugewendet,--
Und doch empfandest du ein leises Grauen:
"O furchtbar muß es sein, den Tod zu schauen!"
 
Da ist der ernste Bote leis gekommen;
Wie träumend hat der Herr dich hingenommen,
Und stille dich gelegt zu sanfter Ruh.--
Gut' Nacht, gut' Nacht, geliebte Mutter, du! 
 
Und ist's vorbei mit unserm Glück und Lieben?
So tief verhüllt ist's über'm Grabe drüben.
Nur Eine Stimme ruft mir tröstend zu:
Für Gottes Volk bereit ist eine Ruh.
 
Sie werden bei dem Herrn sein allezeit,
Nicht Leid, nicht Thränen mehr in Ewigkeit;
So schließ' getrost die treuen Augen zu,
Gut' Nacht, gut' Nacht, o liebe Mutter du!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Lang 

J. Lang sets stanzas 1-2, 3 (lines 1, 3-4), 4

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Confirmed with Mein Liederbuch. Gedichte von Ottilie Wildermuth, herausgegeben von ihrer Tochter Agnes Willms, Stuttgart: Verlag der Gebrüder Kröner, 1877, page 178.

Note (provided by Sharon Krebs): Ottilie Wildermuth's poems were not published until after her death. Josephine Lang knew her personally and obtained the texts of her songs directly from the poet. Therefore the changes noted below in the footnotes might not be Lang's, but rather earlier versions by Wildermuth herself.

Note for stanza 3, line 1, word 8 ("Lieben") : in one of Lang's manuscripts, this appears erroneously as "Liebe".


Text Authorship:

  • by Ottilie Wildermuth (1817 - 1877), no title, written 1874, appears in Mein Liederbuch, in Haus und Heimat, in Der Mutter, no. 5 [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 Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Der lieben Mutter zur guten Nacht!", 1874, stanzas 1-2, 3 (lines 1,3-4), 4 [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2017-01-29
Line count: 16
Word count: 126

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