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Laß mich schlummern, Herzlein – schweige -- Sey nicht immer so [laut und]1 wach -- Horch, es säuselt durch die Zweige -- Horch, es zwitschert im grünen Dach -- Liebe, Liebe zirpt die Grille -- Liebe zwitschert das Vögelein -- Drum sey still, mein Herzlein, stille -- Sang der Liebe wiege Dich ein --
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with A. von Kotzebue, Almanach dramatischer Spiele zur geselligen Unterhaltung auf dem Lande, neunter Jahrgang, Leipzig: bei C. J. G. Hartmann, 1811, page 161.
1 Weber: "laut, so"Text Authorship:
- by August von Kotzebue (1761 - 1819), no title, appears in Der arme Minnesinger, Lied des Goswin, Scene 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 Emilie Mayer (1821 - 1883), "Lass mich schlummern", op. 6 (Fünf Gesänge für vier Männerstimmen) no. 3, published 1847? [ vocal quartet for male voices ], Berlin, Neustrelitz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Maria (Friedrich Ernst) von Weber (1786 - 1826), "Lass mich schlummern, Herzlein, schweige", op. 25 (5 Deutsche Lieder) no. 3, J. 112 (1811), published c1815 [ voice and guitar or piano ], Berlin: Gröbenschütz & Seiler [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Xaver Frühbeis
This text was added to the website: 2012-11-05
Line count: 8
Word count: 47
Let me slumber, dear heart -- fall silent -- Do not always be so [loud, so]1 wakeful -- Hark, there is a soughing through the branches -- Hark, there is a twittering in the green canopy -- Love, love, the cricket chirps – Love twitters the birdlet -- Therefore be still, my dear heart, be still -- May the song of love rock you to sleep --
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View text without footnotesTranslations of title(s):
"Lass mich schlummern" = "Let me slumber"
"Lass mich schlummern, Herzlein, schweige" = "Let me slumber, dear heart, fall silent"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by August von Kotzebue (1761 - 1819), no title, appears in Der arme Minnesinger, Lied des Goswin, Scene 5
This text was added to the website: 2020-03-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 60