Über Bergen, Fluß und Talen,
Stiller Lust und tiefen Qualen
Webet heimlich, schillert, Strahlen!
Sinnend ruht des Tags Gewühle
In der dunkelblauen Schwüle,
Und die ewigen Gefühle,
Was dir selber [unbewußt]1,
Treten heimlich, groß und leise
Aus der Wirrung fester Gleise,
Aus der unbewachten Brust,
In die stillen, weiten Kreise.
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1 Smyth: "nicht bewußt"
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 (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Mittagsruh", op. 44 (Gesänge und Balladen) no. 3, published 1885 [ low voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Paul Kont (1920 - 2000), "Mittagsruh'", 1977 [ medium voice or low voice and piano ], from Zehn Lieder, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Mittagsruh", op. 81 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Kaspar Schmid (1874 - 1953), "Mittagsgruß", op. 23a (Drei Gedichte von Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff) no. 1, published 1913 [ six-part mixed chorus a cappella ], München: Wunderhornverlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ethel Mary Smyth, Dame (1858 - 1944), "Mittagsruh", op. 4 ([Fünf] Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1886 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Peters [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "Stillness at noon", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Siesta", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 50
Over hills and stream and valleys
silent joy and painful heartaches
cast a secret weave and shimmer, sunbeams!
Musingly day's bustle pauses
in the dark-blue sultry hour,
and eternal deepest feelings,
that of which you're unaware,
secretly, and strongly, gently,
leave the ever-trodden mazes,
step out of an unguarded breast
into still and boundless spaces.