Evening peace | The birds upon the branches

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by (Friedrich) Emil Rittershaus (1834 - 1897)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Abendfrieden

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Die Vögel auf den Zweigen
Im kühlen, grünen Hain,
Die bergen unterm Flügel
Den Kopf und schlafen ein.
Am Himmelsrund, dem blauen,
Erglänzt der Sterne Pracht,
Und von den Sternen schauen
Die Engel in die Nacht.

Die heut' am Tag sich freuten,
Umfängt der Schlummer lind,
Und zu dem Ew'gen beten,
Die trüben Herzens sind.
Ein stilles Gottvertrauen
Auch sie nun selig macht,
Denn von den Sternen schauen
Die Engel in die Nacht.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• W. Heiser

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Emil Rittershaus, Siebente Auflage, Breslau: Verlag von Eduard Trewendt, 1883, page 251.

Text Authorship:

by (Friedrich) Emil Rittershaus (1834 - 1897), "Abendfrieden" [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 Wilhelm Heiser (1816 - 1897), "Abendfrieden" [sung text checked 1 time]
by (Friedrich) Oskar Wermann (1840 - 1906), "Abendfrieden", op. 19 (Gesänge für Soprano, Alt, Tenor und Bass), Heft 2 no. 19, published 1878 [ satb quartet ], Dresden: Plötner & Meinhold [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Evening peace", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2021-04-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 75

Evening peace

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The birds upon the branches
In the cool, green grove,
They hide their heads under their
Wings and go to sleep.
Upon the vault of heaven, the blue one,
The splendour of the stars begins to sparkle,
And from the stars, the angels
Gaze out into the night.

Those who were happy during this day
Are gently embraced by slumber,
And those with weary hearts
Pray to the Eternal One.
A quiet trusting in God
Makes them happy as well,
For from the stars the angels
Gaze out into the night.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by (Friedrich) Emil Rittershaus (1834 - 1897), "Abendfrieden"
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This text was added to the website: 2025-06-21
Line count: 16
Word count: 92