Ein Abendlied | Nun, da die Sonn' verhüllt ihr Licht

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by William Fuller, Dr., Lord-Bishop of Lincoln (1608 - 1675)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Now that the sun hath veil'd his light

Language: English

Our translations: FIN FRE GER ITA SPA

Now that the sun hath veil'd his light
And bid the world goodnight;
To the soft bed my body I dispose,
But where shall my soul repose?

Dear, dear God, even in Thy arms,
And can there be any so sweet security!
Then to thy rest, O my soul!
And singing, praise the mercy
That prolongs thy days.

Hallelujah!

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• B. Britten • B. Britten • H. Purcell

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Text Authorship:

by William Fuller, Dr., Lord-Bishop of Lincoln (1608 - 1675) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "An evening hymn", note: this is a realization of a Purcell song. [sung text checked 1 time]
by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Evening hymn", 1947 [ voice and piano ], a realization of the Purcell song. Confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
by Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695), "An evening hymn", alternate title: "An evening hymn on a ground", Z. 193, from Harmonia Sacra [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Hymne du soir", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Ein Abendlied", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Adriana Ferrando) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 59

Ein Abendlied

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Nun, da die Sonn' verhüllt ihr Licht,
der Welt den Gruß zur Nacht entricht,
den Leib dem weichen Bette ich empfehl,
doch wo soll ruhen meine Seel?

Mein Gott, doch nur in Deinen Armen,
wo sonst kann sie noch sich'rer sein!
Auf Seele, kehre dort zur Ruhe ein
und preise singend das Erbarmen,
das dir gewährt dein künftig Sein.

Hallelujah!

Text Authorship:

Translation from English to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2014 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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a text in English by William Fuller, Dr., Lord-Bishop of Lincoln (1608 - 1675)
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This text was added to the website: 2014-01-14
Line count: 10
Word count: 60