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Du ew'ger Heilsverkünder, Wie nimmst du dich der Sünder So wunderlieblich an! Auch meines Herzens Auen In deinem Balsamthauen Blühn frisch und liebliche himmelan. In Freud' hab' ich's vernommen: Du bist zum Trost gekommen Der ganzen, ganzen Welt! Da ist nichts so geringe, Nichts in so arger Schlinge, Du neigst dich hülfreich ihm, o Held! Wenn Eins verstoßen wäre, Wär's ich geknickte Aehre! Allein so ist es nicht. Du willst uns Alle haben, Willst allsammt uns erlaben Mit deinem sel'gen Liebeslicht. Nimm hin mich, Fürst der Wonnen! Leit' mich am Freudenbronnen! Führ' sanft mich himmelein! Das wird einst herrlich klingen: "Auch der, sonst tief in Schlingen, Ward engelfroh und engelrein!" --
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Confirmed with Theodulia. Jahrbuch für häusliche Erbauung auf 1828, Zweiter Jahrgang, Griez: Druck und Verlag von C.H. Henning, 1828, pages 215-216
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- by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843), "Lied" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- by C. F. Hermann , "Lied aus Theodulia" [text not verified]
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
Thou eternal messenger of salvation, How dost thou so wondrously Befriend the sinners! The meadows of my heart as well In Thy balsam-dew Bloom heavenward, fresh and lovely. With joy I have perceived it: Thou camest to earth to bring comfort To the entire, entire world! There is nothing so lowly, Nothing caught in such evil snares, That Thou dost not incline Thyself helpfully toward it, oh hero! If one would be rejected, It would be I, a broken reed! However, it is not so. Thou wishest to gather us all in, Wishest to refresh each one of us With Thy blessed light of love. Take me, Prince of Joys! Lead me along the wellspring of happiness! Guide me gently into Heaven! Once this shall resound gloriously: "Even he, formerly deep in snares, Became as happy and pure as an angel!" --
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Translated titles:"Lied" = "Song"
"Lied aus Theodulia" = "Song from Theodulia [a 19th-century periodical]"
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843), "Lied"