by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)
Translation Singable translation by Alfred Kalisch
Die Schöpfung ist zur Ruh' gegangen, o...
Language: German (Deutsch)
Die Schöpfung ist zur Ruh' gegangen, o wach' in mir! Es will der Schlaf auch mich befangen, o wach' in mir! Du Auge, das am Himmel wachet mit Sternenblick, Wenn mir die Augen zugegangen, o wach' in mir! Du Licht, im Äther höher strahlend als Sonn' und Mond, Wenn Sonn' und Mond ist ausgegangen, o wach' in mir! Wenn sich der Sinne Thor geschlossen der Außenwelt, So laß die Seel' in sich nicht bangen, o wach' in mir! Laß nicht die Macht der Finsternisse, das Grau'n der Nacht Sieg über's innre Licht erlangen, o wach' in mir! O laß im feuchten Hauch der Nächte, im Schattenduft, Nicht sprossen sündiges Verlangen, o wach' in mir! Laß aus dem Duft von Edens Zweigen in meinem Traum Die Frucht des Lebens niederhangen o wach' in mir! O zeige mir, mich zu erquicken, im Traum das Werk Geendet, das ich angefangen, o wach' in mir! In deinem Schoße will ich schlummern, bis neu mich weckt Die Morgenröthe deiner Wangen; o wach' in mir!
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Confirmed with Gedichte von Friedrich Rückert, Neue Auswahl, Zwei und zwanzigste Auflage, Frankfurt am Main, J. D. Sauerländer's Verlag, 1886, page 374.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Weihestunden, in Hymnen, no. 3 [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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Deutsche Motette", op. 62, copyright © 1913 [ four solo voices and 16-voice chorus a cappella ], Berlin ; Paris : Fürstner, also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Alfred Kalisch ; composed by Richard Georg Strauss.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson
This text was added to the website: 2011-01-07
Line count: 18
Word count: 169
German motet
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
In slumber all the world reposeth, wake Thou in me! Night's prison house round me closeth, wake Thou in me! Thou starry eye, in heaven that keepest watch and ward, When death mine eye for ever closeth, wake Thou in me! Thou light on high, whose radience far outshineth sun and moon When sun and moon in gloom are shrouded, wake Thou in me! When sleep has closed to all the world the gates of sense, Let not my soul with fear be clouded, wake Thou in me! Let not the powers of darkness rule, let not the dreadful night, Be o'er the light within victorious, wake Thou in me! Let not in noisome breeze of twilight, in mists of night Desire of sin be born vainglorious, wake Thou in me! The fruit of life that once to beauty in Eden grew Let me behold, my dreams adorning, wake Thou in me! Show to my dreams my task fulfilled - for Thee I wrought it. Grant me but this, my prayer not scorning, wake Thou in me! Fain in Thy bosom would I slumber, till I shall wake, In roseate splendours of Thy morning - wake Thou in me!
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Alfred Kalisch [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Weihestunden, in Hymnen, no. 3
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "German motet", op. 62, copyright © 1913 [four solo voices and 16-voice chorus a cappella], Berlin ; Paris : Fürstner, also set in German (Deutsch) [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson
This text was added to the website: 2011-01-07
Line count: 18
Word count: 197