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Wie ist doch die Erde so schön, so schön! Das wissen die Vögelein: Sie heben ihr leicht' Gefieder, Und singen so fröhliche Lieder In den blauen Himmel hinein. Wie ist doch die Erde so schön, so schön! Das wissen die Flüss' und die Seen: Sie malen im klaren Spiegel Die Gärten und Städt' und Hügel, Und die Wolken, die drüber geh'n! Und Sänger und Maler wissen es, Und Kinder und and're Leut'! Und wer's nicht malt, der singt es, Und wer's nicht singt, dem klingt es In dem Herzen vor lauter Freud'!
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• L. Blech • J. Brahms • F. Kamm • L. Le Beau • H. Marschner • F. Messer • M. Reger • K. Reinecke • R. StöckhardtAbout the headline (FAQ)
View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Robert Reinick's Märchen-, Lieder- und Geschichtenbuch, Bielefeld und Leipzig: Verlag von Velhagen & Klasing, 1873, page 138.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), no title, appears in Lieder, in Frühling und Liebe, first published 1844 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 106
How beautiful, so beautiful is the world! The little birds know it: They lift their light plumage, And sing such joyful songs Into the blue heavens. How beautiful, so beautiful is the world! The rivers and the lakes know it: In their clear reflective surface, they paint The garden and the towns and hills, And the clouds that scud above them! And singers and painters know it, And children and other people! And whoever does not paint it, sings it, And whoever does not sing it, for him it resounds In his heart for pure joy!
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• L. Blech • J. Brahms • F. Kamm • L. Le Beau • H. Marschner • F. Messer • M. Reger • K. Reinecke • R. StöckhardtAbout the headline (FAQ)
View text with all available footnotesTranslations of titles:
"Die schöne Erde" = "The beautiful world"
"Gottes schöne Welt" = "God's beautiful world"
"Juchhe!" = "Hooray!"
"Juchhe" = "Hooray"
"Lebenslust" = "Love of life"
"Wie ist doch die Erde so schön!" = "How beautiful is the world!"
"Wie ist doch die Erde so schön" = "How beautiful is the world"
"Wie ist doch die Erde so schön, so schön!" = "How beautiful, so beautiful is the world!"
"Wie ist doch die Erde so schön, so schön" = "How beautiful, so beautiful is the world"
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), no title, appears in Lieder, in Frühling und Liebe, first published 1844
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This text was added to the website: 2022-03-17
Line count: 15
Word count: 107