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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Wie herrlich leuchtet
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT CHI DUT ENG FIN FRE ITA SPA
  Wie herrlich leuchtet
Mir die Natur!
Wie glänzt die Sonne!
Wie lacht die Flur!

  Es dringen Blühten
Aus jedem Zweig
Und tausend Stimmen
Aus dem Gesträuch,

  Und Freud und Wonne
Aus jeder Brust.
O Erd', o Sonne!
O Glück, o Lust!

  O Lieb', o Liebe! 
So golden schön,
Wie Morgenwolken
Auf jenen Höhn!

  Du segnest herrlich
Das frische Feld,
Im Blütendampfe
Die volle Welt.

  O Mädchen, Mädchen, 
Wie lieb ich dich!
Wie blickt dein Auge,
Wie liebst du mich!

  So liebt die Lerche
Gesang und Luft,
Und Morgenblumen
Den Himmelsduft.

  Wie ich dich liebe
Mit warmem Blut,
Die du mir Jugend
Und Freud und Mut

  Zu neuen Liedern
Und Tänzen gibst.
Sey ewig glücklich,
Wie du mich liebst!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Anthes •   B. Bartók •   C. Gabler •   F. Hensel •   C. Lorenz •   H. Pfitzner •   E. Schneider 

E. Schneider sets stanzas 1, 2, 3, 5
J. Anthes sets stanzas 1-5

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Confirmed with Goethe's Gedichte, Erster Theil, Neue Auflage, Stuttgart und Tübingen: in der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1829, pages 46-47.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Maylied", written 1771 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 36
Word count: 129

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