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Du Sonnenblick, so freundlich hold, Hab Dank für deinen milden Strahl, Wie lacht, verklärt von deinem Gold, Der Himmel gleich und Berg und Thal! Wie schimmert mir die weite Welt, Und strahlt mein Auge hell dazu: Du Licht am dunkeln Himmelszelt, Wie bist du reich, du armes du! Du Sonnenblick, verhüllet dich Mir auch die düstre Wolke bald, Noch lacht mir fort so inniglich Der Himmel doch und Au und Wald! Und fort scheint Alles mir verklärt, Und jauchzt mein Herz im Wandern froh: Nie hast du, Sonne, dich bewährt Am hellsten Tage freundlich so! Du Sonnenblick, wie wenig doch Braucht's einen Armen zu erfreun, Und täglich seine Wonne noch Im tiefsten Dunkel zu erneun! Hab Dank, hab Dank, du milder Strahl, Für deinen Trost von Herzensgrund: Ein Himmelslicht scheint jeder Qual, Und nie weicht Gottes Friedensbund!
Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 101-102.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Ein Sonnenblick", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 113 [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 Eduard Beez (1828 - 1893) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eberhard Kuhn (1813 - 1887) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Santner (1819 - 1885) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philipp Tietz (1816 - 1878) [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "A glimpse of the sun", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2025-07-25
Line count: 24
Word count: 138
You glimpse of the sun, so amiably lovely, I thank you for your gentle beam, Transfigured by your gold, how sky And mountain and valley immediately smile! How the wide world shimmers before me, And my eye beams brightly along with it: You light upon the dark canopy of heaven, How rich you are, you poor thing, you! You glimpse of the sun, though the dark cloud May soon hide you from me, Yet still the sky and meadow and forest Continue to smile so dearly for me! And everything still seems transfigured, And my heart rejoices happily while I wander: Never have you, sun, proved yourself Thus amiably upon the brightest day! You glimpse of the sun, how little it takes To make a poor man happy, And daily to renew his joy Even in the deepest darkness! I thank you, I thank you from the bottom of my heart You mild beam, for your comfort: A light from heaven shines upon every agony, And God's covenant of peace never vanishes!
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Ein Sonnenblick", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 113
This text was added to the website: 2025-07-31
Line count: 24
Word count: 173