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by Leberecht Blücher Dreves (1816 - 1870)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Ruh' von schmerzensreichen Mühen
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Latin 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Ruh' von schmerzensreichen Mühen
Aus und heißem Liebesglühen;
Der nach seligem Verein
Trug Verlangen,
Ist gegangen
Zu des Heilands Wohnung ein.

Dem Gerechten leuchten helle
Sterne in des Grabes Zelle,
Ihm, der selbst als Stern der Nacht
Wird erscheinen,
Wenn er seinen
Herrn erschaut im Himmelspracht.

Seid Fürsprecher, heil'ge Seelen,
Heil'ger Geist, laß Trost nicht fehlen;
Hörst du? Jubelsang erklingt,
Feiertöne,
[Drein]1 die schöne
Engelsharfe [also singt]2:

Ruh' von schmerzenreichen Mühen
Aus und heißem Liebesglühen;
Der nach seligem Verein
Trug Verlangen,
Ist gegangen
Zu des Heilands Wohnung ein.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   R. Schumann 

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Leberecht Dreves, herausgegeben von Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff, Berlin, Verlag von Alexander Duncker, 1849, pages 545-546.

Note: the text for Schumann's setting is often attributed to "Anonymous, an old Catholic poem"

1 Schumann: "Darein"
2 Schumann: "singt"

Text Authorship:

  • by Leberecht Blücher Dreves (1816 - 1870), no title, appears in Lieder der Kirche -- deutsche Nachbildungen altlateinischer Originale, first published 1846 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Latin by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , no title
    • Go to the text page.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Requiem", op. 90 no. 7 (1850), published 1851 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Gedichte von Nikolaus Lenau und Requiem, no. 7, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Rèquiem", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Requiem", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Requiem", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Requiem", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Requiem", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 90

Requiem
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Rest from painful effort
and from love's hot glow!
He who longed
to unite with Bliss
has left
for the dwelling of the Savior.

For him who is just, shine bright
stars in the cell of the grave;
for him, who is himself like a star in the night,
will they shine,
when he observes
the Lord in heaven's splendour.

Intercede, holy souls!
Holy Ghost, let solace not be lacking.
Do you hear? A joyous song resounds,
with festive tones,
in which the beautiful
angel's harp sings out:

Rest from painful effort
and from love's hot glow!
He who longed
to unite with Bliss
has left
for the dwelling of the Savior.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust

    Emily Ezust permits her translations to be reproduced without prior permission for printed (not online) programs to free-admission concerts only, provided the following credit is given:

    Translation copyright © by Emily Ezust,
    from the LiederNet Archive

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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Leberecht Blücher Dreves (1816 - 1870), no title, appears in Lieder der Kirche -- deutsche Nachbildungen altlateinischer Originale, first published 1846
    • Go to the text page.

Based on:

  • a text in Latin by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , no title
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 112

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