When in the heights brightly and quietly

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by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wann in Höhen licht und stille

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Wann in Höhen licht und stille
Wonnig sich der Vogel wieget,
Auch der Mensch aus schwerer Hülle
Auf ins Gold des Morgens flieget.

Nimmer schleicht durchs Herz die Welle
Seines Blutes kalt und trübe,
So ein heil'ger Himmel helle
Wärmt es mit dem Strahl der Liebe.

Und sein Auge, trüb vom Leide,
Hellt mit Tränen stiller Wonne,
Wie der Tau die Blüt' der Heide,
Eines frischen Morgens Sonne.

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Text Authorship:

by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Morgenfrische" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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

by Carl Martin Reinthaler (1822 - 1896), "Wann in Höhen, licht und stille", op. 8 no. 4, published 1856 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Sechs vierstimmige Lieder für Sopran, Tenor, Alt und Bass, no. 4, Cöln (Cologne) : M. Schloss [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2011-02-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 68

When in the heights brightly and quietly

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

When in the heights brightly and quietly
The bird soars joyfully,
Man, too, from out his heavy shell
Flies upward into the gold of morning.

Never through his heart creeps
The wave of his blood coldly and drearily,
When a holy heaven
Brightly warms it with the beam of love.

And his eye, bleary with suffering,
Is brightened with tears of quiet joy
By the sun of a fresh morning,
As the flowers of the heath [are brightened] by the dew.

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Translated titles:
"Morgenfrische" = "The freshness of morning"
"Wann in Höhen licht und stille" = "When in the heights brightly and quietly"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Morgenfrische"
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This text was added to the website: 2015-02-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 81