Quiet happiness | Among the wheat-ears, among the clover are

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by Ludwig Amandus Bauer (1803 - 1846)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Stilles Glück

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Unter den Ähren, unter dem Klee
Duftende Blumen wohin ich nur seh'! 
So, wenn ich schaffe vom Morgen zur Nacht, 
Treu für die Meinen, die Theuren bedacht, 
Sorgen und Hoffen in liebender Lust, 
Blühen mir Blumen bescheidener Lust 
Unter den Ähren, unter dem Klee.

Unter den Ähren, unter dem Klee 
Lerchengesang, wo immer ich steh'! 
So bei dem Glück, das mich lachend umgibt, 
Das ich mir baute liebend geliebt, 
Löst sich des Herzens dankbaren Drang, 
Froh tönt es nach, was die Lerche mir sang 
Unter den Ähren, unter dem Klee!

Confirmed with Fliegender Sommer. Neue Gedichte von Ludwig Bauer, Augsburg: B. Schmid'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (A. Manz), 1874, page 85.

Text Authorship:

by Ludwig Amandus Bauer (1803 - 1846), "Stilles Glück", appears in Fliegender Sommer: neue Gedichte, in Haus und Welt [author's text checked 1 time 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 Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "Stilles Glück", op. 41 (Zehn Chor-Duette (im Freien zu singen)) no. 3, published 1879 [ sa chorus ], Leipzig: Kistner [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Quiet happiness", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2024-05-23
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Word count: 90

Quiet happiness

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Among the wheat-ears, among the clover [are]
Scented flowers wherever I look!
Thus, when I labour from morning till night
Faithfully for my family, concerned for the dear ones,
Caring and hoping in loving joy,
Flowers of modest pleasure bloom for me 
Among the wheat-ears, among the clover.

Among the wheat-ears, among the clover [is]
The singing of larks, wherever I may be!
Thus with the happiness that smilingly surrounds me,
That I built for myself, lovingly loved,
The grateful compulsion of my heart is loosened,
Happily it echoes what the lark sang to me
Among the wheat-ears, among the clover.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Ludwig Amandus Bauer (1803 - 1846), "Stilles Glück", appears in Fliegender Sommer: neue Gedichte, in Haus und Welt
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This text was added to the website: 2024-05-24
Line count: 14
Word count: 101