Mein wundes Herz verlangt nach milder...

Mein wundes Herz verlangt nach milder Ruh',
O hauche sie ihm ein!
Es fliegt dir weinend, bange schlagend zu -
O hülle du es ein!

Wie wenn ein Strahl durch schwere Wolken bricht,
So winkest du ihm zu:
O lächle fort mit deinem milden Licht!
Mein Pol, mein Stern bist du!

Authorship

by Klaus Groth (1819-1899) , title unknown, from Hundert Blätter, Paralipomena zum Quickborn, Hamburg, published 1854

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

by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) , "Mein wundes Herz", op. 59 (Acht Lieder und Gesänge) no. 7 (1873).
by Gustav Jenner (1865-1920) , "Mein wundes Herz verlangt nach milder Ruh'", op. 4 (Elf Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1895 [high voice and piano], Berlin, Schlesinger

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "My wounded heart", copyright ©
FRE French (Guy Laffaille) , "Mon cœur blessé", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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