Rest, most beautiful happiness on earth

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Malcolm Wren

Ruhe, schönstes Glück der Erde

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG

Ruhe, schönstes Glück der Erde,
Senke segnend dich herab,
Daß es stille [in]¹ uns werde,
Wie in Blumen ruht ein Grab.

Laß des Herzens Stürme schweigen,
Eitle [Träume]² wiege ein;
Wie sie wachsen, wie sie steigen,
Wächst und steigt der Seele Pein.

Deinen Frieden gieb der Erde, 
Deinen Balsam geuß herab,
Daß geheilt die Seele werde,
Sich erhebend aus dem Grab!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• I. von Seyfried

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¹ Seyfried: "um"
² Seyfried: "Wünsche"

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked 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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Ruhe, schönstes Glück der Erde", D 657 (1819), published 1871, first performed 1871 [ ttbb chorus ], J. P. Gotthard, VN 131, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]
by Ignaz von Seyfried (1776 - 1841), "Das Glück der Ruhe" [ ttbb quartet ], published in Die Teutsche Liedertafel, Leipzig, 1845 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Repòs, el goig més bell de la terra", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Stilte, mooist geluk op aarde", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Bertram Kottmann , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-09-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 61

Rest, most beautiful happiness on earth

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Rest, most beautiful happiness on earth,
Sink down and bring your blessings,
So that there can be quietness within us,
Like a grave resting underneath flowers.

Let the storms of the heart be silent,
Let vain dreams be rocked away;
As they increase and ascend,
So does the pain of the soul increase and ascend.

Give your peace to the earth,
Pour your ointment out,
So that the soul can be healed,
As it rises out of the grave!

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Translations of title(s):
"Ruhe, schönstes Glück der Erde" = "Rest, most beautiful happiness on earth"
"Das Glück der Ruhe" = "The blessing of rest"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2019-01-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 79