Stille Tränen

Poet: Justinus Kerner

Set by: Robert Schumann

Du bist vom Schlaf erstanden

Und wandelst durch die Au’,

Da liegt ob allen Landen

Der Himmel wunderblau.

So lang du ohne Sorgen

Geschlummert schmerzenlos,

Der Himmel bis zum Morgen

Viel Tränen niedergoss.

In stillen Nächten weinet

Oft mancher aus den Schmerz,

Und morgens dann ihr meinet,

Stets fröhlich sei sein Herz.

You have risen from sleep

And you wander through the meadow,

There lies over all the land

Heaven’s wondrous blue.

As long as you, without worry,

Have been slumbering, free of pain

Heaven has, until morning,

Many tears poured down.

Often, on still nights,

Many weep from pain,

And in the morning you think

That their heart was always happy.