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by Thekla Lingen (1866 - 1931)

Schlummerlied
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Zur Ruhe, mein Herz, zur Ruh',
Schliess deine Augen zu,
Sind schon so müd' und rot und heiss
Von Thränen, die doch [niemand]1 weiss
Als ich, mein Herz, und du --
Schliess deine Augen zu.
 
Schlafe, mein Herz, schlaf ein --
Siehst du den silbernen Schein,
Siehst du den [grossen, den stillen]2 Stern?
Er hat die müden Herzen so gern,
Schlafe, mein Herz, schlaf ein
In seinem silbernen Schein.
 
Stille, mein Herz, sei still,
Hör, was ich singen will --
Ich weiss einen Schatz so wunderschön,
Den wollen wir beide suchen gehn --
Stille, mein Herz, sei still,
Hör, was ich singen will.
 
Sei nun ganz lieb und brav,
Scheuche nicht unsern Schlaf,
Wird dann zu [anderen]3 Herzen gehn,
Lässt uns in [unserem]4 Kummer stehn --
Darum sei lieb und brav,
Scheuche nicht unsern Schlaf.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   H. Zilcher 

View original text (without footnotes)

Confirmed with Thekla Lingen, Am Scheidewege, Berlin und Leipzig, Verlegt bei Schuster & Loeffler, 1898, pages 57-58.

1 Zilcher: "keiner"
2 Zilcher: "großen, stillen"
3 Zilcher: "ander'n"
4 Zilcher: "unser'm"

Text Authorship:

  • by Thekla Lingen (1866 - 1931), "Schlummerlied", appears in Am Scheidewege, first published 1898 [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 Hugo Wilhelm Ludwig Kaun (1863 - 1932), "Schlummerlied", op. 46 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1, published 1903 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Karl Weigl (1881 - 1949), "Schlummerlied", 1908 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher (1881 - 1948), "Schlummerlied" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Ferdinando Albeggiani , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2009-01-08
Line count: 24
Word count: 134

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