Du bist die Ruh'

Fr. Rückert
You are the peace,
The gentle peace,
The longing you,
And what it satisfies.
I consecrate to you
With joy and pain
For a dwelling here
My eye and heart.
Come in with me
And you close
Quietly behind you
The gates.
Drive away other pain
From this chest!
Full be this heart
Of your pleasure.

This tent of eyes
By your radiance
Alone illuminated,
Oh fill it completely