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Wie lachst du voller Frieden, Mein Kirchlein, noch mich an, Da nun der Tag geschieden, Und Nacht mich will umfahn. Im Kirchhof mitten drinnen So mild schaust du hinab, Und ziehst hinauf mein Sinnen Weit über Tod und Grab. O gieb ihm deinen Segen, Du letzter Abendstrahl, Eh sich die Schatten legen Nun ganz auf Berg und Thal. Und ich, umrauscht vom Walde, Von süßem Hauch umweht, Will bringen an der Halde Vor Gott mein Nachtgebet.
Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 109-110.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Abendfrieden", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 123 [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 Carl Attenhofer (1837 - 1914) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Flügel (1812 - 1900) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Samuel Hoch (b. 1830) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Abendfrieden", op. 16 (Drei Duette für Sopran und Alt) no. 3, published 1870 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Müller [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Kuntze (1817 - 1883) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Röhr (b. 1821) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philipp Tietz (1816 - 1878) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Wolfensperger (1845 - 1906) [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Evening peace", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2025-01-19
Line count: 16
Word count: 77
How you smile at me Full of peace, my little church, Now that the day has departed And night wishes to embrace me. In the middle of the churchyard You gaze down so mildly, And draw my thoughts Far above death and grave. Oh, give [my spirit] your blessing, You last ray of evening, Before the shadows now utterly Descend upon mountain and valley. And I, soughed about by the forest, Wafted about by a sweet breath, At the acclivity shall bring My nighttime prayer before God.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Abendfrieden", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 123
This text was added to the website: 2025-01-20
Line count: 16
Word count: 88