Be cheerful, my nature

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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Translation © by Barbara Miller

Werde heiter, mein Gemüthe

Language: German (Deutsch)

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Werde heiter, mein Gemüthe,
Und vergiß der Angst und Pein!
Groß ist Gottes Gnad' und Güte,
Groß muß auch dein Hoffen sein.

Kommt der helle, goldne Morgen
Nicht hervor aus dunkler Nacht?
Lag nicht einst im Schnee verborgen
Dieses Frühlings Blüthenpracht?

Durch die Finsterniß der Klagen
Bricht der Freude Morgenstern;
Bald wird auch dein Morgen tagen,
Gottes Güt' ist nimmer fern.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Hoffman von Fallersleben, Leipzig, Weidmann'sche Buchhandlung, 1843, page 408.

Note: modern German would change the following spellings: "Gemüthe" -> "Gemüte", "Blüthenpracht" -> "Blütenpracht"

Text Authorship:

by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Morgenlied", appears in Buch der Liebe, no. 129 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Be cheerful, my nature

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Be cheerful, my nature,
And forget anguish and pain!
Great is God's grace and goodness,
Great must also be your hope.
 
Does the bright, golden morning
Not come forth from the dark night?
Did not in snow lie once hidden
This flowering of spring?
 
Through the darkness of lamentation
Breaks the morning star of joy;
Soon your morning will also dawn,
God's goodness is never far away!

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Translation of titles
"Morgenlied" = "Morning song"
"Tröstung" = "Consolation"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Morgenlied", appears in Buch der Liebe, no. 129
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