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by Siegfried August Mahlmann (1771 - 1826)

Die Erde ruht, das Herz erwacht
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die Erde ruht, das Herz erwacht;
Auf strebt der innre Sinn!
Die Engelwelt voll Glanz und Pracht
Zieht still und ruhig durch die Nacht
Der Menschen hin.

Das Auge [steiget]1 himmelan,
[Hoch über Staub]2 und Tand!
Die Hoffnung spricht: des Lebens Bahn
Führt [auf zum hehren]3 Sternenplan,
Ins Vaterland!

Der Engel, den der Staub noch hält,
fliegt seinen Brüdern zu.
O Gottes Land, von Glanz erhellt,
wenn alles um uns welkt und fällt,
du gibst uns Ruh'!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   A. Harder 

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Confirmed with Siegfried August Mahlmann, Kleine Erzählungen, Gedichte und prosaische Aufsätze, erste Sammlung, Zofingen: no publisher named, 1801, page 157.

1 Harder: "hebt sich"
2 Harder: "Vom Erdenspiel"
3 Harder: "aufwärts zu dem"

Text Authorship:

  • by Siegfried August Mahlmann (1771 - 1826), "Nachtlied", appears in Kleine Erzählungen, Gedichte und prosaische Aufsätze [author's text checked 2 times 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 August Harder (1775 - 1813), "Nachtlied", op. 1 (Gesänge für die Guitarre) no. 2 [ voice and guitar ], Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Die Nacht", <<1829, from Kinderlieder: Morgen-, Abend- und Nachtlieder, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 77

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