Geh schlafen, Liebste, lege dich zur Ruhe (Heyse, set by (Joseph Marx)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

Translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Geh schlafen, Liebste, lege dich zur...

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)

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Geh schlafen, Liebste, lege dich zur Ruhe.
Dein Kissen wird in Rosen sich verwandeln,
Das Linnentuch mit Veilchen sich bedecken,
Und nicht, Geliebte, wirst du einsam bleiben:
Es fliegen, um dein hold Gesicht zu schauen,
Zwölf Engelein herab aus Himmelsauen.

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Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 6.

Authorship

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Umbrisch, no. 6, first published 1860 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]

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

by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Abends", 1912 [ baritone and piano ], from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]

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