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by Johann Gaudenz Freiherr von Salis-Seewis (1762 - 1834)

Das Grab
 (Sung text for setting by D. Kuhlau)
 Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Das Grab ist tief und stille,
Und schauderhaft sein Rand.
Es deckt mit schwarzer Hülle
Ein unbekanntes Land.

Das Lied der Nachtigallen
Tönt nicht in seinem Schooß.
Der Freundschaft Rosen fallen
Nur auf des Hügels Moos.

Verlaßne Bräute ringen
Umsonst die Hände wund;
Der Waise Klagen dringen
Nicht in der Tiefe Grund.

Doch sonst an keinem Orte
Wohnt die ersehnte Ruh;
Nur durch die dunkle Pforte
Geht man der Heimat zu. 

Das arme Herz, hienieden
Von manchem Sturm bewegt,
Erlangt den wahren Frieden
Nur wo es nicht mehr schlägt.

First published in a different version in Göttinger Musenalmanach 1788, see below.

Composition:

    Set to music by Daniel Friedrich Rudolph Kuhlau (1786 - 1832), "Das Grab", op. 11a (10 Deutsche Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 1 (1813), published [1814] [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Gaudenz Freiherr von Salis-Seewis (1762 - 1834), "Das Grab", written 1783, first published 1788

See other settings of this text.

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Het graf", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The grave", copyright ©
  • ENG English (George MacDonald) , "The grave", appears in Rampolli: Growths from a Long Planted Root. Being Translations, New and Old, Chiefly from the German, first published 1897
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La tombe", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 89

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