English translation of Die Augen der Blinden werden aus dem Dunkel und Finsterniss sehen

by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Die Augen der Blinden werden aus dem Dunkel und Finsterniss sehen", c1873, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel; note: title comes from Jes 29. 18; title in English: "The eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness"

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Dort werd ich das im Licht erkennen,
Was ich auf Erden dunkel sah;
Das wunderbar und heilig nennen,
Was unerforschlich hier geschah;
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Hier ist mein Herz! O mach' es rein
Von allen seinen Sünden!
Laß es dir ganz geheiligt sein,
Ganz Deine Lieb' empfinden!

Nein, Gott verläßt die Seinen nicht!
Er hält uns Bund und Treue!
Sein Herz denkt stets im Himmelslicht,
Wie er uns hier erfreue!

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Note: the first four lines are from the fifth stanza of Luise von Oranien's Ich will von meiner Missethat; the last four lines are adapted from the eighth stanza of Paul Gerhardt's Dem Gott aller Gnade.

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Author(s): [More than can fit here], Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715 - 1769)
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There in eternity I shall fathom in light
What on earth I saw but darkly;
I shall call those events wonderful and holy
That here seemed inexplicable;
There my spirit with praise and thanksgiving
Shall understand the connection of God's dispositions.

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Here is my heart!  O purify it
From all of its sins!
Let it be completely sanctified,
Let it know Your love completely!

Nay, God does not forsake His own!
He keeps his covenant and keeps faith with us!
In the light of heaven, His heart is ever devising
Ways of delighting us here on earth!

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