Wann in Höhen licht und stille

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.

Translation(s): ENG

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

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• by Karl 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 [
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• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title unknown, copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2011-02-02.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:04:14
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When in the heights brightly and quietly

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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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Morgenfrische"
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Karl Martin Reinthaler. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2015-02-06.
Last modified: 2015-02-06 14:01:38
Line count: 12
Word count: 81