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Komm, süßer Schlaf, du Trost der Nacht, [Schließ]1 sanft mein Auge zu! Ich hab' vergangner Zeit gedacht, Mein Herz verlangt nach Ruh. Einst stilltest du nach Kuß und Scherz Verborg'ner Liebe Glück, Und lehntest [an sein warmes]2 Herz Mein [selig]3 Haupt zurück. Nun ist er längst zu Grab gebracht Und Lieb' und Glück dazu. Komm, süßer Schlaf, du Trost der Nacht! Mein Herz verlangt nach Ruh.
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View text without footnotes1 Thuille: "Deck'"
2 Rheinberger: "ihm ans warme"
3 Thuille: "trunknes"
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Ritter von Hertz, Dr. (1835 - 1902), "Komm, süßer Schlaf", appears in Gedichte, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe, page 105, first published 1859 [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 Walter Courvoisier (1875 - 1931), "Komm, süßer Schlaf", op. 2 (Sieben Lieder) no. 3, published 190-? [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Hutter (b. 1876), "Mein Trost", op. 10 no. 2, published 1895 [ female voice and piano ], from Herzeleid. 3 Gesänge für 1 Frauenstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Komm süßer Schlaf", op. 41 no. 2 (1864), published 1875 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Zeiten und Stimmen. Sieben Lieder und Gesänge, no. 2, Leipzig, Siegel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ludwig Wilhelm Andreas Maria Thuille (1861 - 1907), "Komm, süßer Schlaf", op. 36 (Drei Mädchenlieder) no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Come, sweet sleep", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Viens, doux sommeil", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2008-05-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 69
Come, sweet sleep, you solace of night! Gently [close]1 my eyes! I have been thinking of past times, My heart yearns for rest. Once, after kisses and jests, you assuaged The joys of hidden love, And leaned back upon his warm heart My [bliss-filled]2 head. Now he has long been laid in his grave And love and happiness with him. Come, sweet sleep, you solace of night! My heart yearns for rest.
1 Thuille: "cover"
2 Thuille: "intoxicated"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Ritter von Hertz, Dr. (1835 - 1902), "Komm, süßer Schlaf", appears in Gedichte, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe, page 105, first published 1859
This text was added to the website: 2012-07-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 74