It is enough now | It is enough now. Fall silent, enraged senses!

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by Richard von Kralik (1852 - 1934)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Nun ist’s genug. Schweigt still, empörte...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Nun ist’s genug. Schweigt still, empörte Sinne! 
Du Phantasie, unbändige, zerrinne!
Verstumme Leid! Erlösche Leidenschaft!
Besänftige dich, o sturmbewegte Brust!
Entfliehe weit, grausame Leidenslust!
Erstarke wieder, feste Willenskraft!
Erkühle dich, du Stirn von Fieber heiß!
Nicht flackre, Licht der Seele, ruhig brenne,
Und scheide still Gestaltung von Gegleiß,
Daß dein Verstand nur wiederum erkenne,
Das was er wußte, was er ewig weiß, 
Und nimmer sich umsonst im Raum verrenne. --

Er nimmt Vernunft an; Himmel sei gelobt!
Der [Kampf]¹ ist aus, Unweisheit ausgetobt!

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• M. von Kralik

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Confirmed with Richard Kralik, Büchlein der Unweisheit, Wien: Verlag von Carl Konegen, 1885, page 92.

¹ M. von Kralik: "Krieg"

Text Authorship:

by Richard von Kralik (1852 - 1934), no title, appears in Büchlein der Unweisheit, in Unweisheit [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 Mathilde von Kralik (1857 - 1944), "Nun ist's genug", published 1894 [ voice and piano ], from Büchlein der Unweisheit, no. 50, Wien : Albert J. Gutmann [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2020-08-18
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It is enough now

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

It is enough now.  Fall silent, enraged senses!
You unbridled imagination, dissipate!
Suffering, grow mute! Passion, be extinguished!
Calm yourself, oh storm-tossed breast!
Flee far away, cruel joy in suffering!
Grow strong again, firm willpower!
Grow cool, you hot-fevered brow!
Do not flicker, light of my soul, burn calmly,
And quietly separate design from false lustre,
So that once more your mind recognizes only
That which it knew, which it eternally knows,
And never goes astray for naught in the expanses. --

[The mind] sees reason; Heaven be praised!
The battle is over, unwisdom has finished running riot!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard von Kralik (1852 - 1934), no title, appears in Büchlein der Unweisheit, in Unweisheit
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This text was added to the website: 2020-08-18
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Word count: 97