Let me rest upon your heart | Let me rest upon your heart as of yore

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by Otto Franz Gensichen (1847 - 1933)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Lass' mich an deinem Herzen ruhn wie...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Lass' mich an deinem Herzen ruhn wie einst, 
Da wir den ersten Kuß der Liebe tauschten. 
O daß ein selig Selbstvergessen mich 
Wie damals lindernd überkommen möge! 
Ich zürn' dir nicht, ich hab' Nichts zu verzeihn, 
Nur zu dem Himmel kann ich brünstig beten, 
Daß er das Unheil wende, das uns droht.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Otto Franz Gensichen, Erloschene Geschlechter: Trauerspiel, Berlin: Verlag von Eugen Grosser, 1874, pages 66-67.

Text Authorship:

by Otto Franz Gensichen (1847 - 1933), no title [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 Carl Machts (1846 - 1903), "Lass mich an deinem Herzen ruhn", published 1882 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Hannover: L. Oertel [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Let me rest upon your heart", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2025-05-23
Line count: 7
Word count: 52

Let me rest upon your heart

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Let me rest upon your heart as of yore,
When we exchanged our first kiss of love.
Oh, that a blessed self-forgetting would
Come over me soothingly, as it did back then!
I am not angry with you, I have nothing to forgive,
I can only pray fervently to Heaven
That it might ward off the evil that threatens us.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Franz Gensichen (1847 - 1933), no title
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This text was added to the website: 2025-05-23
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Word count: 60