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by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)
Translation by Mikhail Larionovich Mikhailov (1829 - 1865)

O legt mich nicht ins dunkle Grab
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE
O legt mich nicht ins [dunkle]1 Grab,
Nicht unter die grüne [Erd']2 hinab!
Soll ich begraben sein,
[Lieg' ich]3 in's tiefe Gras hinein.
 
In Gras und Blumen [lieg']4 ich [gern]5,
Wenn eine Flöte tönt von fern
Und wenn hoch obenhin
Die hellen Frühlingswolken ziehn.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   J. Lang •   N. Medtner 

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Ludwig Uhland, Stuttgart und Tübingen: in der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1815, page 55.

1 Schorch: "kühle"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Lang: "Erde"
3 Lang: "legt mich"
4 Medtner: "liegt' "
5 Lang: "so gern"

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Frühlingsruhe", written 1813, appears in Lieder, in Frühlingslieder, no. 3 [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 C. Altenburg , "Frühlingsruhe", op. 1 no. 3, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Uhland's Frühlingslieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Braunschweig, Wollermann  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Selmar Bagge (1823 - 1896), "Frühlingsruhe", op. 3 no. 3, published 1853 [ voice and piano ], from 6 Frühlingslieder, von Uhland für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Wien, Mechetti [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Frühlingsruhe", op. 15 (Sechs kleine Lieder) no. 2 (1854) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Carl or Caspar) Joseph Brambach (1833 - 1902), "Frühlingsruhe", op. 17 (12 dreistimmige Chorlieder für Sopran-, Mezzosopran- und Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 8, published 1871 [ three-part women's chorus and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by J. Jacques Haakman , "Frühlingsruhe", op. 1 (Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 7, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Heinrich XXIV. Prinz Reuss zu Köstritz (1855 - 1910), "Frühlingsruhe", op. 5 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Gutmann [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Frühlingsruhe", op. 10 (Sechs Duette für Sopran und Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1865 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Bernhard (Joseph) Klein (1793 - 1832), "Frühlingsruhe", published c1820 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Egon Kornauth (1891 - 1959), "Frühlingsruhe", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4, published 1913-7 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Theobald Kretschmann (1850 - 1919), "Frühlingsruhe", op. 21 no. 3, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Frühlingslieder von Uhland für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Wien, Rörich [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "Frühlingsruhe", op. 33 no. 3, KWV 9105 no. 3 (1812), published 1818 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Frühlingslieder von Uhland, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Frühlings-Ruhe", op. 7 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 3 (1833), published 1838 [ voice and piano ], München, Joseph Aibl [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Frühlingsberuhigung", op. 28 (Семь стихотворений (Sem' stikhotvorenij)) no. 5, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Franz Otto (1809 - 1842), "Frühlingsruhe", op. 2 no. 1, published 1877 [ vocal quartet of male voices a cappella ], from Ernst und heiter wie das Leben. Sechs Gesänge für vier Männerstimmen, no. 1, Regensburg, Coppenrath [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Rudolph, Freiherr von Procházka (1864 - 1936), "Frühlingsruhe", op. 1 (Lieder und Gesänge mit Pianoforte, deutsch und englisch. ) no. 2, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Fr. Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Frühlingsruhe", op. 20 no. 4 (1905) [ voice and piano ], from Lieder nach Gedichten von Uhland und Eichendorff , no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by L. Schorch , "Frühlingsruhe" [ vocal duet with piano ], Bayrhoffer ; listed in Challier as no. 2 of a set [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Trück (1837 - 1886), "Frühlingsruhe", op. 9 (Vier Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3 [ voice and piano ], Offenbach am Main: Johann André [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Moritz Weyermann (1832 - 1888), "Frühlingsruhe", op. 25 (Zehn Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 1 no. 4, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Challier & Co. [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev (1803 - 1873) , "Весеннее успокоение", first published 1832 ; composed by Konstantin Kralovich Albrekht, Nikolai Nikolayevich Cherepnin, Pavel Grigorevich Chesnokov, Nikolai Karlovich Medtner, Vladimir Ivanovich Pol, Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov.
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  • Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Mikhail Larionovich Mikhailov (1829 - 1865) , "Весенний покой" ; composed by Aleksandr Ivanovich Rubets, Nikolai Andreyevich Tivol'sky.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Paix du printemps", copyright © 2009, (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: 8
Word count: 50

Ах! не кладите в могилу меня
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Ах! не кладите в могилу меня
В ясное утро весеннего дня!
Если меня схоронить захотите,
Лучше в густую траву положите!

Любо в траве и в цветах мне лежать:
Издали будет свирель мне звучать,
А в вышине будут плыть надо мною
Майские тучки прозрачной грядою!

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with М. Л. Михайлов, Сочинения в трёх томах / Под общей редакцией Б. П. Козьмина, М.: Государственное издательство художественной литературы, 1958. Т. 1., page 243.


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Text Authorship:

  • by Mikhail Larionovich Mikhailov (1829 - 1865), "Весенний покой" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Frühlingsruhe", written 1813, appears in Lieder, in Frühlingslieder, no. 3
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Aleksandr Ivanovich Rubets (1837 - 1913), "Желание" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nikolai Andreyevich Tivol'sky (b. 1834), "Желание" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-09-08
Line count: 8
Word count: 44

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