by
Johannes Scheffler (1624 - 1677), as Angelus Silesius
Der Schnee in der Sonne
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Wie schöne glänzt der Schnee, [wann jhn]1 die Sonnenstrahlen
Mit [Himmlischen]2 Licht bestreichen und bemalen!
So glänzt auch deine Seel, so ist sie weiß wie Schnee:
[Wann]3 sie beschienen wird vom Aufgang [auß]4 der Höh.
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Confirmed with Angelus Silesius, Cherubinischer Wandersmann (Geistreiche Sinn- und Schlussreime), Abdruck der ersten Ausgabe von 1657. Mit Hinzufügung des sechsten Buches nach der zweiten Ausgabe von 1675, herausgegeben von Georg Ellinger, Halle a.S.: Max Niemayer, 1895, page 90
1 Mendelssohn: "wenn ihn"
2 Mendelssohn: "himmlischem"
3 Mendelssohn: "Wenn"
4 Mendelssohn: "aus"
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The snow in the sun
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
How beautifully the snow sparkles, when the beams of the sun
Paint and colour it with heavenly light!
Thus also shines your soul, thus it is white as snow:
When the rising from on high shines upon it.
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