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by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862)

Zur Ruh, zur Ruh
 (Sung text for setting by H. Zilcher)
 Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE
Zur Ruh', zur Ruh', 
Ihr müden Glieder!
Schließt fest euch zu, 
Ihr Augenlider!

Ich bin allein,
Fort ist die Erde;
Nacht muß es sein,
Daß Licht mir werde;

O führt mich ganz,
Ihr innern Mächte!
Hin zu dem Glanz
Der tiefsten Nächte.

Fort aus dem Raum
Der Erdenschmerzen
Durch Nacht und Traum
Zum Mutterherzen!

Composition:

    Set to music by Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher (1881 - 1948), "Zur Ruh, zur Ruh", 1933, published 1934, from Das Kirchjahr in Liedern, no. 52

Text Authorship:

  • by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Zur Ruh', Zur Ruh'"

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "To sleep, too sleep", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 54

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