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Gott grüße dich, verlorner Strahl Im Tannendickicht hier, im dunkeln! Mag draußen über Berg und Thal, Im hellsten Glanz das Mondlicht funkeln, Nur du mit deinem milden Schein Schaust mir in's tiefste Herz hinein! Gott grüße dich, verlorner Klang, Hoch oben noch im stillen Wipfel! Du weißt es, wie mein Lied sich schwang Hinan, hinan vom höchsten Gipfel, Und weckst auf's neue, was so tief Mir seit dem Lenz im Herzen schlief! Gott grüße dich, verlorner Hauch, Wohl hast mein Sehnen du verstanden! Erbarmungslos verweht, ob auch Du schauernd flohst nach allen Landen, Ach! wie des Lenzes Strahl und Klang, Und wie im Herbst mein Nachtgesang!
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Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 124-125.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Gott grüße dich, verlorner Strahl!", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 141 [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 Karl Heinrich August Siemers (1819 - 1876), "Gott grüsse dich", op. 41 (Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 1, published 1868 [ ttbb chorus ], Leipzig: Schuberth und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2025-02-04
Line count: 18
Word count: 107
God greet you, lost moonbeam In the fir thicket here, in the darkness! Though out there over mountain and valley The brightest radiance of moonlight may sparkle, Only you, with your gentle gleaming, Gaze into the depths of my heart! God greet you, lost tone, High up in the quiet treetops! You know how my song soared Upward, upward from the highest peak, And you awaken anew that which since springtime Has slumbered so deeply within my heart! God greet you, lost sigh, You well understood my yearning! Mercilessly dissipated, though you Fled shuddering toward all lands, Ah! as the radiance and sounds of springtime, And as in autumn my nighttime song!
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Translations of titles:
"Gott grüsse dich" = "God greet you"
"Gott grüße dich, verlorner Strahl!" = "God greet you, lost moonbeam!"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Gott grüße dich, verlorner Strahl!", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 141
This text was added to the website: 2025-02-05
Line count: 18
Word count: 113