Still ruht der See (Heinrich Pfeil)

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• CPDL #28324:  NoteWorthy Composer

Editor: Jan-Frerk Burmester (submitted 2013-02-19).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 1010 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: This edition has been created with Noteworthy Composer 2

General Information

Title: Still ruht der See
Composer: Heinrich Pfeil

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: TTBB

Genre: Secular, Motet

Language: German
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1879

Description: This is the original choir arrangemant for male choir TTBB, as made by the composer (Op. 10, Nr. 1)

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Original text and translations

German text
1.Still ruht der See! Die Vöglein schlafen,
ein Flüstern nur, du hörst es kaum.
Der Abend naht, nun senkt sich nieder
auf die Natur ein süßer Traum.

2.Still ruht der See! Durch das Gezweige
der heilge Odem Gottes weht,
die Blümlein an dem Seegestade,
sie sprechen fromm ihr Nachtgebet.

3.Still ruht der See! Vom Himmelsdome
die Sterne friedsam niedersehn.
O Menschenherz, gib dich zufrieden:
auch du, auch du wirst schlafen gehn!
<poem>

English translation
by Mick Swithinbank

<poem>
The lake is still; the birds have gone to roost;
The whispering breeze you hardly hear.
Evening is coming; all things prepare
For pleasant dreams, both far and near.

The lake is still; the branches faintly stir
As if God were breathing through the air.
The flowers on the darkling shore
Now raptly say their evening prayer.

The lake is still; from heaven’s dome
The peaceful stars look down into the deep.
Oh human heart, no more complain:
For you no less, the time will come to sleep.