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Wir haben Beide lange Zeit geschwiegen, Auf einmal kam uns nun die Sprache wieder. Die Engel, die herab vom Himmel fliegen, Sie brachten nach dem Krieg den Frieden wieder. Die Engel Gottes sind herabgeflogen, Mit ihnen ist der Frieden eingezogen. Die Liebesengel kamen über Nacht Und haben Frieden meiner Brust gebracht.
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Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 54.
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 114, first published 1860 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Ha tanto tempo ch'eravamo muti", appears in Canti popolari toscani, corsi, illirici, greci, raccolti ed illustrati da Niccolò Tommaseo, Venezia, G. Tasso, first published 1841
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), no title, 1890-6, from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 19
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Donna (Bareket) Breitzer) , "We have both been silent a long time", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "כמה זמן איבדתי", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Alberto Pedrotti , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2003-12-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 51
We have both been silent a long time - All at once, speech has come to us again. The angels who fly down from heaven Have brought peace again after the war. The angels of God have flown down And peace has moved in with them. The angels of love came overnight And have brought peace to my breast.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Donna (Bareket) Breitzer, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 114, first published 1860
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Ha tanto tempo ch'eravamo muti", appears in Canti popolari toscani, corsi, illirici, greci, raccolti ed illustrati da Niccolò Tommaseo, Venezia, G. Tasso, first published 1841
This text was added to the website: 2003-12-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 58