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by Wilhelmine Hensel (1802 - 1893)

Stille mein Herz
Language: German (Deutsch) 
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Blümlein, was blickst du so selig und blau?
Freude nur strahlet der schimmernde Tau.
Ach, nur [die Menschenbrust]1 kennet den Schmerz,
stille, [bleib' stille, sei stille]2, mein Herz!

Lerche, [wie]3 schwebst du zum Himmel voll Lust!
Wonne nur singt deine jubelnde Brust.
Ach, nur das Menschenkind kennet den Schmerz,
stille, [bleib' stille, sei stille]2, mein Herz!

Erde, nicht tröstet dein Hoffnungsgewand,
wenn aus dem Leben die Hoffnung entschwand.
Außen nur Jubel und innen nur Schmerz.
Stille, [bleib' stille, sei stille]4, mein Herz!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   A. Grünfeld 

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Luise und Wilhelmine Hensel, hrsgg. von H. Kletke, Berlin, 1857.

1 Grünfeld: "das Menschenkind"
2 Grünfeld: "sei stille, bleib' still"
3 Grünfeld: "was"
4 Grünfeld: "sei still, bleib' still"

Text Authorship:

  • by Wilhelmine Hensel (1802 - 1893), "Stille, mein Herz", appears in Gedichte von Luise und Wilhelmine Hensel, in 2. Gedichte von Wilhelmine Hensel, in 4. Vermischtes, no. 10 [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 Alfred Grünfeld (1852 - 1924), "Stille mein Herz", op. 28 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Gutmann [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2026-09-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 90

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