[Hälst]1 mich nun ganz in den Armen,
bin deine süsse Last,
hast mit den Küssen, den warmen,
meine Welt umfaßt;
hast mich ganz genommen --
und die Stunden, die kommen,
ziehn verschüchtert vorbei --
und die Sehnsucht wird frei...
Licht und Liebe decken uns zu
in [seliger]2 Ruh.

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Confirmed with Franz Evers, Eva, Leipzig, Verlag "Kreisende Ringe" (Max Spohr), 1894, page 43.

¹ Reger: "Hältst"
² Gunkel: "sel'ger"

Text Authorship:

• by Franz Evers (1871 - 1947), "Ruhe", appears in Eva. Eine Überwindung [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 Adolf Gunkel (1866 - 1901), "Ruhe", op. 48 no. 2, published 1902 [ voice and piano ], from Nachtphantasien. Letzte Lieder für eine Singstimme und Pianoforte, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Ruhe", op. 62 (Sechzehn Gesänge) no. 3 (1901) [ high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by August Reuss (1871 - 1935), "Ruhe", op. 17 (Sieben Gedichte) no. 7 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Pau", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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