Kehr ein bei mir!

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

Ich weihe dir
Voll Lust und Schmerz
Zur Wohnung hier
Mein Aug und Herz.

Kehr ein bei mir,
Und schließe du
Still hinter dir
Die Pforten zu.

Treib andern Schmerz
Aus dieser Brust!
Voll sei dies Herz
Von deiner Lust.

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

Authorship

by Friedrich Rückert (1788-1866) , "Kehr ein bei mir!"

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by (Karl) Friedrich Curschmann (1805-1841) , "Ruhe der Liebe", op. 16 (Lieder) no. 2a (1837).
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]
by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847) , "Du bist die Ruh", op. 7 no. 4.
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) , "Du bist die Ruh", D. 776.
by Adam Taylor (1981-) , "Du bist die Ruh", op. 28 no. 2 (2003) [SSAA chorus a cappella], from Four Songs of Calm, no. 2.

by David Evan Thomas (1958-) , "Du bist die Ruh", 1998. [medium voice, piano]

ITA Italian (Amelia Maria Imbarrato)
ENG English (Lynn Thompson)
ITA Italian (Vittorio Fellegara)
ENG English [singable] (unknown or anonymous translator)
SPA Spanish (unknown or anonymous translator)
DUT Dutch [singable] (Lau Kanen)
POR Portuguese (Alexandre Trovon)
ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue)
FRE French (Guy Laffaille)

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You are peace, the mild peace

You are peace,
The mild peace,
You are longing
And what stills it.

I consecrate to you
Full of pleasure and pain
As a dwelling here
My eyes and heart.

Come live with  me,
And close
quietly behind you
the gates.

Drive other pain
Out of this breast
May my heart be full
With your pleasure.

The tabernacle of my eyes
by your radiance
alone is illumined,
O fill it completely!

Authorship

Translation from German to English copyright © 1997 by Lynn Thompson, l-thompson (AT) wiu.edu, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. Please contact the copyright-holder when requesting permission to reprint.

a text in German by Friedrich Rückert (1788-1866) , "Kehr ein bei mir!" DUT POR ITA FRE SPA

Text added to the website: 2003-10-20.