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by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862)

Zur Ruh', zur Ruh'
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE
Zur Ruh', zur Ruh', 
Ihr müden Glieder!
Schließt fest euch zu, 
Ihr Augenlider!

Ich bin allein,
Fort ist die Erde;
Nacht muß es sein,
Daß Licht mir werde;

O führt mich ganz,
Ihr innern Mächte!
Hin zu dem Glanz
Der tiefsten Nächte.

Fort aus dem Raum
Der Erdenschmerzen
Durch Nacht und Traum
Zum Mutterherzen!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Zur Ruh', 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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Zur Ruh', zur Ruh'", 2012 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Karl Horwitz, né Curt Horwitz (1884 - 1925), "Zur Ruh", op. 8 (Vom Tode) no. 3, published 1922 [ baritone and large orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Armin Knab (1881 - 1951), "Zur Ruh, zur Ruh", from Drei Lieder nach Justinus Kerner, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Zur Ruh, zur Ruh", 1984, unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johanna Senfter (1879 - 1961), "Zur Ruh, zur Ruh ihr muden Glieder", op. 34 no. 2 [ voice and organ or piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Irene Wahlström , "Zur Ruh'", from Drei Lieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Zur Ruh', zur Ruh'", published 1888 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Gedichte von Scheffel, Mörike, Goethe and Kerner, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher (1881 - 1948), "Zur Ruh, zur Ruh", 1933, published 1934, from Das Kirchjahr in Liedern, no. 52 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "To sleep, too sleep", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 54

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