In paradise there must flow
A river of eternal love!
And every tear of longing
Must be a pearl within it.
In paradise there must blow
A zephyr that stills pain!
And every sorrow, and yours too,
Must dissolve and disappear in it!
There stands the cool tree of peace
Planted in green spaces,
And under [that tree] it must be possible to dream
A quiet dream of peace and happiness.
Rückert was born at Schweinfurt, the eldest son of a lawyer. He was educated at the gymnasium of his native place and at the universities of Würzburg and Heidelberg. For some time (1816-1817) he worked on the editorial staff of the Morgenblatt at Stuttgart. N…
View profile & all 8 Poems / StoriesNow the sun will rise as brightlyas if no misfortune had occurred in the night.
When your mothersteps into the doorway
In this weather, in this windy storm,I would never have sent the children out;
In paradise there must flowA river of eternal love!
Stars in the distant heavens!You who with rays from a better world
