Nun schlummert meine Seele
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG FRE
Der Sturm hat ihre Stämme gefällt,
O, meine Seele war ein Wald.
Hast du mich weinen gehört?
Weil deine Augen bang geöffnet stehn.
Sterne streuen Nacht
In mein vergossenes Blut.
Nun schlummert meine Seele
Zagend auf Zehen.
O, meine Seele war ein Wald;
Palmen schatteten,
An den Ästen hing die Liebe.
Tröste meine Seele im Schlummer.
Confirmed with Else Lasker-Schüler, Gesammelte Gedichte, Leipzig, Verlag der Weißen Bücherpage, 1917, page 96.
Text Authorship:
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), "Nun schlummert meine Seele", 2005 [ soprano and piano ], from Vier Lieder von Else Lasker-Schüler, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans-Peter Braun (b. 1950), "Nun schlummert meine Seele", 1986, first performed 1986 [ chorus ], from Ich suche allerlanden eine Stadt. Drei Chöre, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Dangel (b. 1931), "Nun schlummert meine Seele ", op. 57 no. 1 (1991) [ alto and piano ], from Else-Zyklus II - Sechzehn Lieder mit Gedichten von Else Lasker-Schüler aus «Meine Wunder», no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Fehres (1901 - 1991), "Nun schlummert meine Seele", 1959 [ alto and piano ], from Wie soll ich dich rufen? Fünf Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thorsten W Hansen (b. 1987), "Nun schlummert meine Seele", 2012-2013 [ soprano and piano ], from Meine Wunder I. Lieder für Sopran und Klavier, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolf Kornberger (b. 1920), "Nun schlummert meine Seele", 1966-1993 [ voice and piano ], from Meinwärts. Liederzyklus , no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Nun schlummert meine Seele", op. 297 no. 3 (2019) [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder nach Else Lasker-Schüler, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by René Staar (b. 1951), "Nun schlummert meine Seele" [ high soprano and piano or instrumental ensemble ], from Zwei Lieder nach Worten der Else Lasker-Schüler, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sybil Westendorp (1910 - 1999), "Nun schlummert meine Seele", 1978 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "Now slumbers my soul", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Maintenant mon âme somnole", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust
[Administrator] , Karl Bellenberg
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2007-05-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 56
Now slumbers my soul
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
The storm felled trees,
O, my soul was a forest.
Did you hear my cries?
Because your eyes stayed fearfully open.
Stars scattered night
In my forgotten blood.
Now slumbers my soul
Hesitating on tiptoe.
O, my soul was a forest;
Palms shadowed,
On the boughs hung love.
Comfort my soul in its sleep...
Text Authorship:
Based on:
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [
Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-03-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 54
