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Musik! du himmlisches Gebilde voll hoher Macht, voll süßer Milde, wir fühlen doppelt tief dein Walten, wenn uns ein Leid das Herz gespalten. Der Schmerzenswogen wirres Drängen, es glättet sich vor deinen Klängen, besänftigt all die Fluten ziehen ins weite Meer der Harmonien. Wie Orgelton, wie Meereswogen kommt dann der Trost ins Herz gezogen und stillt der Seele wildes Sehnen und löst das Weh in milde Tränen. Musik! du himmlisches Gebilde voll hoher Macht, voll süßer Milde, du pochst noch in den tiefsten Schmerzen mit leisem Finger an die Herzen. Und wenn die Seele, gramgebrochen, kein Wort mehr hört, das Trost gesprochen, wenn längst verstummt die stillen Klagen im Leid, das tränenlos getragen: dann fühlt das Herz in Orgeltönen ein hehres, himmlisches Versöhnen und findet in dem Klang der Lieder den letzten Trost, die Tränen wieder.
Text Authorship:
- by August Seuffert (1844 - 1904) [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 (Joseph) Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896), "Trösterin Musik", copyright © 1911 [ men's chorus and organ ], Wien ; Leipzig : Universal-Edition ; in Chorwerke von Anton Bruckner ; hrsg. von Victor Keldorfer, Universal-Edition no. 3294 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Arkell) , "Music the Comforter", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Harry Joelson , David Arkell [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2011-03-29
Line count: 24
Word count: 136
Music! You heavenly creation Full of exalted power and sweet gentleness, We feel your workings twice as deeply When sorrow has split our hearts. To the wild surge of waves of pain Your sounds bring smoothness, All the waters move calmly Into the open ocean of harmonies. Like an organ sounding, like waves of the sea Consolation is then drawn into the heart To quieten the wild longing of the soul And dissolve the pain into soft tears. Music! You heavenly creation Full of exalted power and sweet gentleness, You keep tapping with a quiet finger On hearts in the deepest of pains. And when the soul broken by sorrow No longer hears any word speaking comfort, When the long since muted, silent laments Are borne in tearless sorrow: The heart then feels in the strains of an organ A noble, heavenly reconciliation, Finding in the sound of songs The final comfort of tears come again.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by August Seuffert (1844 - 1904)
This text was added to the website: 2021-05-08
Line count: 24
Word count: 156
