Rest | Now I first notice how weary I am

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by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827)

Translation © by Arthur Rishi

Rast

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: AFR CAT CHI DUT ENG ENG FIN FRE FRI HEB ITA KOR LIT SPA

Nun merk' ich erst, wie müd' ich bin,
Da ich zur Ruh' mich lege;
Das Wandern hielt mich munter hin
Auf unwirthbarem Wege.

Die Füße frugen nicht nach Rast,
Es war zu kalt zum Stehen,
Der Rücken fühlte keine Last,
Der Sturm half fort mich wehen.

In eines Köhlers engem Haus
Hab' Obdach ich gefunden;
Doch meine Glieder ruhn nicht aus:
So brennen ihre Wunden.

Auch du, mein Herz, [im]¹ Kampf und Sturm
So wild und so verwegen,
Fühlst in der Still' erst deinen Wurm
Mit heißem Stich sich regen!

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• F. Schubert

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Confirmed with Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten. Herausgegeben von Wilhelm Müller. Zweites Bändchen. Deßau 1824. Bei Christian Georg Ackermann, pages 100-101; and with Urania. Taschenbuch auf das Jahr 1823. Neue Folge, fünfter Jahrgang. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. 1823, page 220.

First published in Urania (see above) as no. 10 of Wanderlieder von Wilhelm Müller. Die Winterreise. In 12 Liedern.

¹ Müller (Urania), and Schubert: "in"

Text Authorship:

by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Rast", written 1821-22, appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 2, in Die Winterreise, no. 19, first published 1823 [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 Reiner Bredemeyer (1929 - 1995), "Rast", 1984, first performed 1985 [ baritone, horn, and piano ], from Die Winterreise, no. 19, VEB Deutscher Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]
by Andreas Johann Lorenz Oechsner (1815 - 1886), "Rast" [sung text checked 1 time]
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Rast", op. 89 no. 10, D 911 no. 10 (1827), published 1828 [ voice and piano ], from Winterreise, no. 10, Haslinger [sung text checked 1 time]
by Johannes (Hans) Wolfgang Zender (b. 1936), "Rast", 1993 [ tenor and small orchestra ], from Schuberts Winterreise, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]

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Research team for this page: Ofer Sheinberg , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 90

Rest

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Now I first notice how weary I am
As I lie down to rest;
Wandering had sustained me
As I walked a desolate road.
My feet do not ask for rest,
It was too cold to stand still;
My back felt no burden,
The storm helped me blow along.

In a coal-burner's narrow hut
I have found shelter.
Still, my limbs cannot rest,
So fiercely my wounds burn.
You too, my heart, in struggles and storm
So wild and so bold,
Only now in the quiet do you feel the sharp sting
of the worm that lives within you!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Rast", written 1821-22, appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 2, in Die Winterreise, no. 19, first published 1823
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 99

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