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by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs
O legt mich nicht ins dunkle Grab
Language: German (Deutsch)
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.
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)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.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Mikhail Larionovich Mikhailov (1829 - 1865) , "Весенний покой" ; composed by Aleksandr Ivanovich Rubets, Nikolai Andreyevich Tivol'sky.
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
Oh do not lay me into the dark grave
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Oh do not lay me into the [dark]1 grave, Not down below the green earth! If I must be buried, [I shall lie in]2 the deep grass. I [lie]3 [gladly]4 in grass and flowers, When a flute sounds from afar, And when high above me The bright clouds of spring pass by.
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Translated titles:
"Frühlingsberuhigung" = "Springtime reassurance"
"Frühlingsruhe" = "Springtime's rest"
"Frühlings-Ruhe" = "Springtime's rest"
1 Schorch: "cool"
2 Lang: "Lay me into "
3 Medtner: "lay"
4 Lang: "so gladly "
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2006 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Frühlingsruhe", written 1813, appears in Lieder, in Frühlingslieder, no. 3
This text was added to the website: 2006-11-15
Line count: 8
Word count: 56