Now the ivy is spinning a web about your resting place

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by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Nun spinnt der Epheu deine Ruhstatt ein

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Nun spinnt der Epheu deine Ruhstatt ein,
Zu deinen Füßen sprießen Frühlingsblüten --
Du könntest schöner nicht gebettet sein!

Ich aber bete: Hege mir den Müden,
Du heil'ge Erde, und du Kreuz von Stein,
O sprich auch meiner Noth das Wort vom Frieden!

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Anna Ritter, Gedichte, Neunte Auflage, Stuttgart und Berlin: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1900, page 58.

Text Authorship:

by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Ein Grab", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Das Ringlein sprang entzwei, no. 37 [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 Ernst Hans Fährmann (1860 - 1940), "An seinem Grabe", op. 32 (Zehn kleine Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 7, published 1906 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, (Junne.) [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2023, (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: 2012-05-28
Line count: 6
Word count: 42

Now the ivy is spinning a web about your...

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Now the ivy is spinning a web about your resting place,
At your feet spring blossoms are burgeoning --
You could not be bedded more beautifully!

But I pray: Cherish the weary one for me,
You holy earth, and you cross of stone,
Speak to my misery, too, the word about peace!

About the headline (FAQ)

Translations of title(s):
"An seinem Grabe" = "At his grave"
"Ein Grab" = "A grave"

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2023 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 Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Ein Grab", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Das Ringlein sprang entzwei, no. 37
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This text was added to the website: 2023-10-10
Line count: 6
Word count: 51