I rest beside the silvery pond

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by Friedrich Marx (1830 - 1905)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Ich ruh' am Silberteich

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

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Ich ruh' am Silberteich 
Gebettet in den Rasen,
Wie drüben Zapfenstreich 
Im Dorf Dragoner blasen. 

Der Töne Vollgenuß 
Erregt mich süß und bange, 
Hell wiehert seinen Gruß 
Mein Rapp' dem trauten Klange.

Nun denkst du, treues Thier, 
An fliegende Standarten, 
An manch ein gut Quartier 
Auf unsern welschen Fahrten. 

Und leise klingt ein Ruf 
Uns aus entschwundnen Tagen, --
Doch morgen soll dein Huf 
Zu neuem Glück mich tragen!

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Confirmed with Gemüth und Welt. Gedichte von Friedrich Marx, Dritte, um die Hälfte vermehrte Auflage, Leipzig: Verlag von Ernst Julius Günther, 1877, page 192.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Marx (1830 - 1905), no title, appears in Gemüth und Welt: Gedichte, in Vermischte Gedichte, in Abendlieder, no. 3 [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 Ferdinand Kamm (1845 - 1897), "Des Soldaten Abendlied", published 1880 [ men's chorus ], from Neue Gesänge für den Männerchor, Heft 2, no. 4, St. Gallen, Zürich: Hug [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2026-08-20
Line count: 16
Word count: 68

I rest beside the silvery pond

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

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I rest beside the silvery pond
Bedded in the grass,
As over yonder in the village
The dragoons are playing taps.

The full enjoyment of the tones
Moves me sweetly and anxiously,
Brightly my faithful black steed whinnies
His greeting to the familiar sound.

Now you are thinking, faithful animal,
Of fluttering standards,
Of many good quarters [that we have inhabited]
Upon our Italian journeyings.

And quietly comes a call to us
From out of vanished days, --
But tomorrow your hooves shall
Carry me to new good fortune!

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Translations of titles:
"Des Soldaten Abendlied" = "The soldier's evening song"

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Marx (1830 - 1905), no title, appears in Gemüth und Welt: Gedichte, in Vermischte Gedichte, in Abendlieder, no. 3
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This text was added to the website: 2026-08-21
Line count: 16
Word count: 88