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Zu deinen Füßen will ich ruhn, Und dir in's Auge schaun, Die blaue Nacht mag leise nun Auf uns herniederthaun, Schon tauchet aus dem stillen See Des Mondes Bild empor, Und kühner streift das scheue Reh Durch Wald und Wiesenmoor. Mein Haupt laß ruhn auf deinem Schooß, Da ruht es sanft und weich. Wie ist der Himmel weit und groß, Wie ist die Erde reich! Der schönste Stern in blauer Nacht, Der schönste Stern bist du, In deines Lichtes sanfter Pracht O gönne mir die Ruh! An deinem Herzen laß mich ruhn Nur kurze, seelge Zeit! Kein Lauscher kündet unser Thun, Die Welt ist traumgefeit. An deinen Lippen laß mich ruhn, Eh noch die Nacht verglimmt, Bis unsre Seele träumend nun In Seeligkeit verschwimmt!
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Confirmed with Otto Roquette, Liederbuch, Stuttgart und Tübingen: J.G. Cotta’scher Verlag, 1852, pages 65-66
Text Authorship:
- by Otto Roquette (1824 - 1896), title 1: "Selige Ruhe", title 2: "Zu deinen Füßen will ich ruhn", appears in Liederbuch [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 Martin Blumner (1827 - 1901), "Zu deinen Füssen will ich ruhn", op. 3 (Drei Gedichte von Otto Roquette für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1854 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Eggers (1835 - 1861), "Zu deinen Füßen will ich ruhen", op. 7 (Drei Gesänge) no. 1, published 1862 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Gellert (1827 - 1913), "Zu deinen Füssen", op. 4 no. 2 [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffmann (1820 - 1900), "Zu deinen Füssen möcht' ich liegen", op. 12, published 1850 [ baritone or bass and piano ], Posen, Gebr. Scherk [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Mahlberg , "Zu deinen Füssen will ich ruh'n", op. 31 (Drei Lieder) no. 3, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Langensalza, Schulbuchhandlung [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Mayerhoff (1864 - 1938), "Zu deinen Füssen will ich ruh'n", op. 6 (Zwei Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte.) no. 1, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Klemm [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erik Meyer-Helmund (1861 - 1932), "Zu deinen Füssen will ich ruhen", op. 9 (Vier Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Neitzel (1852 - 1920), "Zu deinen Füssen will ich ruhn", op. 4b (Zwei Lieder) no. 2, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl, Graf Nostitz , "Zu deinen Füssen will ich ruh'n", published 1886 [ voice and piano ], from Fünfzig Lieder, no. 49, Prag, Hoffmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Schütt (1856 - 1933), "Zu deinen Füssen will ich ruh'n", op. 11 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 1, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Rahter [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Stürmer , "Zu deinen Füssen will ich ruh'n", op. 43 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Hannover, Oertel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Adolf Succo (1802 - 1879), "Zu deinen Füssen will ich ruh'n", op. 12 no. 3, published 1866 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder des Herzens und der Natur, für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Wallnöfer (1854 - 1946), "Zu deinen Füssen will ich ruh'n", op. 11 (Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte. ) no. 1, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Braunschweig, Bauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander Winterberger (1834 - 1914), "Zu deinen Füssen will ich ruh'n", op. 91 (Dreissig Lieder und Gesänge) no. 16, published 1885 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Schuberth & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2009-02-05
Line count: 24
Word count: 124
I wish to rest at your feet, And gaze into your eyes, Quietly the blue night may now Fall dewily down upon us, From the quiet lake already Rises the image of the moon, And more boldly the shy deer Wanders through forest and meadow moorland. Let my head rest upon your lap, There it may rest gently and softly. How great and wide is the sky, How rich the earth! The most lovely star in the blue night, The most lovely star is you, In the gentle splendour of your light Oh grant me rest! Let me rest upon your heart For only a short, blessed time! No eavesdropper shall tell of what we do, The world has been made immune by dreams. Let me rest upon your lips, Before yet the night glimmers out, Until our soul, dreaming now, Dissolves in bliss!
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Translations of title(s):
"Selige Ruhe" = "Blessed rest"
"Zu deinen Füssen möcht' ich liegen" = "I wish to lie at your feet"
"Zu deinen Füßen will ich ruhn" = "I wish to rest at your feet"
"Zu deinen Füßen will ich ruhen" = "I wish to rest at your feet"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Roquette (1824 - 1896), title 1: "Selige Ruhe", title 2: "Zu deinen Füßen will ich ruhn", appears in Liederbuch
This text was added to the website: 2017-11-24
Line count: 24
Word count: 144