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Gute Ruh', gute Ruh'! Thu die Augen zu! Wandrer, du müder, du bist zu Haus. Die Treu' ist hier, Sollst liegen bei mir, Bis das Meer will trinken die Bächlein aus. Will betten dich kühl, Auf [weichem]1 Pfühl, In dem blauen krystallenen Kämmerlein. Heran, heran, Was wiegen kann, Woget und wieget den Knaben mir ein! Wenn ein Jagdhorn schallt Aus dem grünen Wald, Will ich sausen und brausen wohl um dich her. Blickt nicht [herein]2, Blaue Blümelein! Ihr macht meinem Schläfer die Träume so schwer. Hinweg, hinweg Von dem Mühlensteg, Böses [Mägdlein]3, daß ihn dein Schatten nicht weckt! Wirf mir herein Dein Tüchlein fein, Daß ich die Augen ihm halte bedeckt! Gute Nacht, gute Nacht! Bis Alles wacht, Schlaf' aus deine Freude, schlaf' aus dein Leid! Der Vollmond steigt, Der Nebel weicht, Und der Himmel da [oben]4, wie ist er so weit!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten. Herausgegeben von Wilhelm Müller. Erstes Bändchen. Zweite Auflage. Deßau 1826. Bei Christian Georg Ackermann, pages 45-46; and with Sieben und siebzig Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten. Herausgegeben von Wilhelm Müller. Dessau, 1821. Bei Christian Georg Ackermann, pages 47-48.
First published in a slightly different version with the title Wiegenlied des Baches in Der Gesellschafter oder Blätter für Geist und Herz. Herausgegeben von F. W. Gubitz. Zweiter Jahrgang. Berlin, 1818. In der Maurerschen Buchhandlung. Montag den 8. Juni. 91stes Blatt, page 363.
1 Schubert: "weichen"2 Schubert (Neue Gesamtausgabe): "hinein"
3 Schubert: "Mägdelein"
4 Schubert (Neue Gesamtausgabe): "droben"
Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Des Baches Wiegenlied", appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 1, in Die schöne Müllerin, no. 24, first published 1818 [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 (Carl) Ludwig (Heinrich) Berger (1777 - 1839), "Des Baches Lied", op. 11 no. 10, published 1818, from Gesänge aus einem gesellschaftlichen Liederspiele "Die schöne Müllerin", no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Des Baches Wiegenlied", op. 63 no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798 - 1859), "Des Baches Wiegenlied", op. 84 (Sechs Gesänge und Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1833 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Dresden, Meser [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Des Baches Wiegenlied", op. 25 no. 20, D 795 no. 20 (1823), from Die schöne Müllerin, no. 20 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Athanasios Papaisiou) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- KOR Korean (한국어/조선말) [singable] (곽명규 Myung-Kew Kwack) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Caê Vieira) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 30
Word count: 142
Buon riposo, buon riposo! Chiudi gli occhi. Stanco viandante, eccoti a casa. Qui sta la fedeltà, riposa con me fin che il mare berrà tutti i ruscelli. Ti sistemerò fresco su un morbido letto nella cameretta azzurra e trasparente. Avanti, avanti, tutto ciò che sa cullare! Dondolatemi e cullatemi il bambino. Quando il corno risuona nel verde bosco ti coprirò col mio scrosciante suono. Non guardate qui, fiorellini celesti! Portate brutti sogni al mio caro che dorme. Via, via dalla passerella del mulino! cattiva fanciulla, ché la tua ombra non lo svegli. Gettami il tuo fazzolettino, voglio coprirgli gli occhi. Buona notte, buona notte! Fin che ogni cosa si svegli, dormi sulla tua gioia, dormi sul tuo dolore! La luna piena sale, la nebbia si dirada, e il cielo, quassù, è immenso.
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Translation of title "Des Baches Wiegenlied" = "La ninna nanna del ruscello"Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2005 by Amelia Maria Imbarrato, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Des Baches Wiegenlied", appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 1, in Die schöne Müllerin, no. 24, first published 1818
This text was added to the website: 2005-09-16
Line count: 30
Word count: 133