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Vier Lieder

by Moritz Kahnt (1836 - 1904)

3. Auf! und einen Altar baue!  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Auf, und einen Altar baue
  Deinem Gott nunmehr,
Siehe hinter dich und schaue,
  Wie er half bisher!

Opfre drauf mit heilger, neuer
  Lust ihm Lobgesang,
Und es lohe fort das Feuer
  Freudig lebenslang!

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Auf, und einen Altar baue", appears in Kreuz- und Trostlieder, in Erstes Buch, in 115. Lobgesang, no. 5

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Arise and build an altar", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Confirmed with Friedrich Oser, Kreuz- und Trostlieder, Wiesbaden: Julius Niedner, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1865, page 91.


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