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Du bist die Ruh

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT DUT ENG ENG FRE FRI HEB IRI ITA POR SPA

Du bist die Ruh,
Der Friede mild,
Die Sehnsucht du,
Und was sie stillt.

Ich weihe dir
[Voll]¹ Lust und Schmerz
Zur Wohnung [hier]²
Mein Aug' und Herz.

Kehr' [ein bei mir]³,
Und schließe du
Still hinter dir
Die [Pforten]⁴ zu.

Treib andern Schmerz
Aus dieser Brust.
Voll sey dies Herz
[Von]⁵ deiner Lust.

Dies Augenzelt
Von deinem Glanz
Allein erhellt,
O füll' es ganz.

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• G. Bachlund • F. Curschmann • F. Hensel • C. Hohfeld • S. Karg-Elert • J. Rufinatscha • F. Schubert

F. Curschmann sets stanzas 1-4
P. Nørgård sets stanzas 1-2 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information

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Confirmed with Oestliche Rosen von Friedrich Rückert. Drei Lesen. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. 1822, pages 125-126; and with Gesammelte Gedichte von Friedrich Rückert. Vierter Band. Erlangen, Verlag von Carl Heyder. 1837, pages 107-108.

Note: The poem was first published 1822 in Rückert's Oestliche Rosen where all the poems have no titles. In subsequent editions (Erlangen, 1837: Gesammelte Gedichte, Frankfurt a. M., 1868: Gesammelte Poetische Werke) this poem got the title Kehr' ein bei mir!

¹ Karg-Elert: "In"
² Hohfeld: "dir" (typo?)
³ Curschmann: "bei mir ein"
⁴ Rufinatscha: "Pforte"
⁵ Curschmann: "Voll"

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), "Kehr' ein bei mir!", appears in Östliche Rosen, in 1. Erste Lese, first published 1822 [author's text checked 2 times 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), "Du bist die Ruh", 2010 [ high voice or medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by John Böie (1822 - 1900), "O fühl' es ganz", op. 11 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1848 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Schuberth und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by (Karl) Friedrich Curschmann (1805 - 1841), "Ruhe der Liebe", op. 16 (Lieder) no. 3 (1837), stanzas 1-4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hans Fleischer (1896 - 1981), "Du bist die Ruh", op. 54 (6 Lieder für Alt, obligate Violine und Klavier) no. 4 (1927) [ alto, violin obbligato, and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Oscar Fretzdorff , "Du bist die Ruh', der Friede mild", published 1895 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Berlin, Weinholtz [sung text not yet checked]
by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Du bist die Ruh'", op. 26 (Sechs Lieder von F. Rückert) no. 3, published 1840 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Peters [sung text not yet checked]
by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Du bist die Ruh", op. 7 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Carl Hohfeld (flourished 1884-1895), "Du bist die Ruh'", published 1884 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge, no. 4, Mainz: Kittlitz-Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
by Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877 - 1933), "Kehr' ein bei mir", op. 54 no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Carl Kossmaly (1812 - 1893), "Du bist die Ruh'", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder für 4 Männerstimmen) no. 6, published 1843 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Kehr' ein bei mir!", op. 77 (Drei Lieder von Fr. Rückert) no. 2, published 1844 [ voice and piano ], Rudolstadt, Müller [sung text not yet checked]
by Leopold Lenz (1803 - 1862), "Du bist die Ruh", op. 36 no. 11, published 1844 [ alto or baritone and piano with optional cello ], from 12 Gedichte von Fr. Rückert für eine Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung und obliggato Violoncell (auch mit Pianofortebegleitung allein), no. 11, München, Falter [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Lührss (1824 - 1882), "Du bist die Ruh'", op. 6 (6 Lieder) no. 1, published 1843 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
by Ludwig Siegfried Meinardus (1827 - 1896), "Du bist die Ruh", op. 8 no. 7, published 1853 [ voice and piano ], from Liebesfrühling. Liederkranz von F. Rückert, no. 7, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Du bist die Ruh", op. 284 no. 1 (2018) [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder nach Friedrich Rückert, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Per Nørgård (b. 1932), "Du bist die Ruh", B140 no. 2c (1972-1975), copyright © 1980 [ chorus and orchestra ], from symphony Symfoni nr.3, no. 2c, Copenhagen [etc.] : Hansen [sung text not yet checked]
by Rudolf Radecke (1829 - 1893), "Kehr' ein bei mir", op. 12 no. 3, from Zum Myrtenkranz, 4 Lieder, no. 3, Berlin, Challier [sung text not yet checked]
by August Wilhelm Julius Rietz (1812 - 1877), "Du bist die Ruh", op. 27 (7 Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1849 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
by Johann Rufinatscha (1812 - 1893), "Kehr ein bei mir!", op. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "Kehr' ein bei mir", op. 10 (6 Lieder für Sopran ) no. 2, published 1864 [ soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Du bist die Ruh", op. 59 (Vier Lieder) no. 3, D 776 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Adam Taylor (b. 1981), "Du bist die Ruh", op. 28 no. 2 (2003) [ SSAA chorus a cappella ], from Four Songs of Calm, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937), "Du bist die Ruh", published 1885 [ voice and piano ], London: Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co., also set in English [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

by Per Nørgård (b. 1932), "Singe die Garten" [ chorus and instrumental ensemble ]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in English, a translation by David Evan Thomas (b. 1958) , copyright © 1998 by David Evan Thomas, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [an adaptation] ; composed by David Evan Thomas.
Also set in English, a translation by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937) , "Thou art my rest" ; composed by Maude Valérie White.

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

ENG English [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "Thou art repose", first published 193-?

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Melanie Trumbull , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2003-10-20
Line count: 20
Word count: 65

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