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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Du bist die Ruh

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): CAT DUT DUT ENG ENG FRE FRI HEB IRI ITA POR

Du bist die Ruh,
Der Friede mild,
Die Sehnsucht du,
Und was sie stillt.

Ich weihe dir
[Voll]¹ Lust und Schmerz
Zur Wohnung [hier]²
Mein Aug' und Herz.

Kehr' [ein bei mir]³,
Und schließe du
Still hinter dir
Die [Pforten]⁴ zu.

Treib andern Schmerz
Aus dieser Brust.
Voll sey dies Herz
[Von]⁵ deiner Lust.

Dies Augenzelt
Von deinem Glanz
Allein erhellt,
O füll' es ganz.

F. Curschmann sets stanzas 1-4
P. Nørgård sets stanzas 1-2

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Confirmed with Oestliche Rosen von Friedrich Rückert. Drei Lesen. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. 1822, pages 125-126; and with Gesammelte Gedichte von Friedrich Rückert. Vierter Band. Erlangen, Verlag von Carl Heyder. 1837, pages 107-108.

Note: The poem was first published 1822 in Rückert's Oestliche Rosen where all the poems have no titles. In subsequent editions (Erlangen, 1837: Gesammelte Gedichte, Frankfurt a. M., 1868: Gesammelte Poetische Werke) this poem got the title Kehr' ein bei mir!

¹ Karg-Elert: "In"
² Hohfeld: "dir" (typo?)
³ Curschmann: "bei mir ein"
⁴ Rufinatscha: "Pforte"
⁵ Curschmann: "Voll"

Authorship:

by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), "Kehr' ein bei mir!", appears in Östliche Rosen, in 1. Erste Lese, first published 1822 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Du bist die Ruh", 2010 [ high voice or medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by John Böie (1822 - 1900), "O fühl' es ganz", op. 11 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1848 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Schuberth und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by (Karl) Friedrich Curschmann (1805 - 1841), "Ruhe der Liebe", op. 16 (Lieder) no. 3 (1837), stanzas 1-4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hans Fleischer (1896 - 1981), "Du bist die Ruh", op. 54 (6 Lieder für Alt, obligate Violine und Klavier) no. 4 (1927) [ alto, violin obbligato, and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Oscar Fretzdorff , "Du bist die Ruh', der Friede mild", published 1895 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Berlin, Weinholtz [sung text not yet checked]
by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Du bist die Ruh'", op. 26 (Sechs Lieder von F. Rückert) no. 3, published 1840 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Peters [sung text not yet checked]
by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Du bist die Ruh", op. 7 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Carl Hohfeld (flourished 1884-1895), "Du bist die Ruh'", published 1884 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge, no. 4, Mainz: Kittlitz-Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
by Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877 - 1933), "Kehr' ein bei mir", op. 54 no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Carl Kossmaly (1812 - 1893), "Du bist die Ruh'", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder für 4 Männerstimmen) no. 6, published 1843 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Kehr' ein bei mir!", op. 77 (Drei Lieder von Fr. Rückert) no. 2, published 1844 [ voice and piano ], Rudolstadt, Müller [sung text not yet checked]
by Leopold Lenz (1803 - 1862), "Du bist die Ruh", op. 36 no. 11, published 1844 [ alto or baritone and piano with optional cello ], from 12 Gedichte von Fr. Rückert für eine Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung und obliggato Violoncell (auch mit Pianofortebegleitung allein), no. 11, München, Falter [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Lührss (1824 - 1882), "Du bist die Ruh'", op. 6 (6 Lieder) no. 1, published 1843 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
by Ludwig Siegfried Meinardus (1827 - 1896), "Du bist die Ruh", op. 8 no. 7, published 1853 [ voice and piano ], from Liebesfrühling. Liederkranz von F. Rückert, no. 7, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Du bist die Ruh", op. 284 no. 1 (2018) [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder nach Friedrich Rückert, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Rudolf Radecke (1829 - 1893), "Kehr' ein bei mir", op. 12 no. 3, from Zum Myrtenkranz, 4 Lieder, no. 3, Berlin, Challier [sung text not yet checked]
by August Wilhelm Julius Rietz (1812 - 1877), "Du bist die Ruh", op. 27 (7 Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1849 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
by Johann Rufinatscha (1812 - 1893), "Kehr ein bei mir!", op. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "Kehr' ein bei mir", op. 10 (6 Lieder für Sopran ) no. 2, published 1864 [ soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Du bist die Ruh", op. 59 (Vier Lieder) no. 3, D 776 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Adam Taylor (b. 1981), "Du bist die Ruh", op. 28 no. 2 (2003) [ SSAA chorus a cappella ], from Four Songs of Calm, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937), "Du bist die Ruh", published 1885 [ voice and piano ], London: Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co., also set in English [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

by Per Nørgård (b. 1932), "Singe die Garten" [ chorus and instrumental ensemble ]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in English, a translation by David Evan Thomas (b. 1958) , copyright © 1998 by David Evan Thomas, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [an adaptation] ; composed by David Evan Thomas.
Also set in English, a translation by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937) , "Thou art my rest" ; composed by Maude Valérie White.

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

ENG English [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "Thou art repose", first published 193-?

Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Melanie Trumbull , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2003-10-20
Line count: 20
Word count: 65

Tu es le repos

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Tu es le repos,
La paix clémente,
Tu es le désir,
Et ce qui le calme.

Je te consacre
Plein de joie et de peine
Pour être ta demeure
Mes yeux et mon cœur.

Entre en moi
Et ferme
Derrière toi
La porte.

Chasse tout chagrin
De mon sein !
Que ce cœur soit plein
De ta joie.

L'abri de mes yeux,
De ton éclat
Est seulement illuminé,
Oh emplis-le entièrement !

Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2008 by Guy Laffaille, (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 Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), "Kehr' ein bei mir!", appears in Östliche Rosen, in 1. Erste Lese, first published 1822

This text was added to the website: 2008-11-26
Line count: 20
Word count: 72