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Sorgenvolle, wetterschwüle
Mädchenstirne, geh' zur Ruh!
Lieblich [weht]1 des Abends Kühle,
Werde kühl auch Du!
Träume, daß der Hauch der Nacht
Dir ein Palmenblatt gebracht,
[Geh]2 zur Ruh!
Laß Dein Hangen, laß Dein Bangen,
Irrend Auge, schließ' Dich zu!
Sieh der Tag ist schlafen gangen,
Schlafen geh auch Du!
[Ach]3 das süßerlebte Glück
Spiegelt Dir der Traum zurück,
[Geh]4 zur Ruh!
About the headline (FAQ)
View text without footnotesConfirmed with Gedichte von Karl Beck. Der neuen, durchaus umgearbeiteten und vermehrten Ausgage zweite unveränderte Auflage, Berlin, Verlag der Vossischen Buchhandlung, 1845, page 212.
1 Fetzer: "naht"2 Kirchner: "Träume, geh"
3 Kirchner: "O"
4 Kirchner: "Schließ' dich, geh"
Text Authorship:
- by Karl Isidor Beck (1817 - 1879), "Geh zur Ruh" [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 Theodor Elze (1823 - 1900), "Geh' zur Ruh", published 1859 [ voice and piano ], from 3 Lieder, no. 1, Weimar, Kühn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl August Friedrich Fetzer (1809 - 1885), "Geh zur Ruh'", op. 3 (Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte-Begleitung), Heft 1 no. 4, published 1847 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffmann (1820 - 1900), "Ständchen", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder für Tenor oder Sopran) no. 1, published 1845 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], Berlin, Guttentag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Konrad Haffter (1837 - 1914), "Abendlied", published 1894 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Leipzig, Hug & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Hartmann (1836 - 1910), "Geh' zur Ruh'", op. 22 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Rahter [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Heiser (1816 - 1897), "Geh zur Ruh!", op. 145 (3 Lieder) no. 1 (1873), published [1883] [ voice and piano ], Berlin: Barth [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Adolf Jensen (1837 - 1879), "Geh' zur Ruh'", published 1883 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Theodor Fürchtegott Kirchner (1823 - 1903), "Sorgenvolle, wetterschwüle Mädchenstirne", op. 3 (Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 2 (Drei Lieder aus "Janko" von K. Beck) no. 2, published 1852 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alfred von Lindheim, jun. , "Geh' zur Ruh'", op. 1, published 1893 [ voice and piano ], from Neun Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Wien, Doblinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Natalie Quiteria, Vicomtesse de Santa , "Geh' zur Ruh'", published 1876 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georg Scheel (1866 - 1945), "Geh zur Ruh", op. 34 (Zwei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Baptist Zerlett (1859 - 1935), "Geh' zur Ruh'", op. 2, published 1883 [ SATB chorus and piano ], Bonn, Cohen [sung text not yet checked]
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Harry Joelson , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2008-01-18
Line count: 14
Word count: 65
Anxiety-ridden, storm-oppressed
Maiden's brow, go to rest!
The evening’s coolness [wafts]1 beautifully,
You, too, become cooled!
Dream that the breath of night
Has brought you a palm frond,
[Go]2 to rest!
Leave your fear, leave your trembling,
Close, errant eyes!
Lo, the day has gone to sleep,
You, too, go to sleep!
[Ah]3 the sweetly experienced happiness
Shall be reflected to you by your dreams,
[Go]4 to rest!
About the headline (FAQ)
View text without footnotesTranslations of titles:
"Abendlied" = "Evening song"
"Geh' zur Ruh" = "Go to rest"
"Sorgenvolle, wetterschwüle Mädchenstirne" = "Anxiety-ridden, storm-oppressed maiden's brow"
"Ständchen" = "Serenade"
2 Kirchner: "Dream, go"
3 Kirchner: "Oh"
4 Kirchner: "Close, eyes, go"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Isidor Beck (1817 - 1879), "Geh zur Ruh"
This text was added to the website: 2026-04-23
Line count: 14
Word count: 72