Six sacred songs after poems by Eichendorff

Song Cycle by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903)

View original-language texts alone: Sechs geistliche Lieder nach Gedichten von Eichendorff

1. Aufblick
 (Sung text)
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Vergeht mir der Himmel 
von Staube schier
Herr, im Getümmel
zeig' dein Panier!

Wie schwank' ich s¨ndlich,
lässt du von mir:
unüberwindlich
bin ich mit dir!

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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
1. Adoration
Language: English 
Heaven passes me by,
Utterly in the dust.
Lord, amid the tumult
Show me your banner!

How I falter in sin
When you depart from me:
Invincible
Am I with you!

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2. Einklang
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Weil jetzo alles stille ist
Und alle Menschen schlafen,
Mein' Seel' das ew'ge Licht begrüsst,
Ruht wie ein Schiff in Hafen.

Der falsche Fleiß, die Eitelkeit, 
Was keinen mag erlaben,
Darin der Tag das Herz zerstreut,
Liegt alles tief begraben.

Ein andrer König wundergleich
Mit königlichen Sinnen,
Zieht herrlich ein im stillen Reich,
Besteigt die ew'gen Zinnen.

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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
2. Accord
Language: English 
[Because] all is now so still
And everyone is asleep,
My soul hails the everlasting light,
Resting, like a harbored ship.

False piety and vanity,
Of which none wants a part,
And which waste the heart by day,
Lie deeply buried.

Another King, [marvelously endowed]
With royal mien,
Enters the silent realm in majesty,
And mounts the eternal battlements.

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3. Resignation
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Komm, Trost der Welt, du stille Nacht!
Wie steigst du von den Bergen sacht,
Die Lüfte alle schlafen,
Ein Schiffer nur noch, wandermüd',
Singt übers Meer sein Abendlied
Zu Gottes Lob im Hafen.

Die Jahre wie die Wolken gehn
Und lassen mich hier einsam stehn,
Die Welt hat mich vergessen,
Da tratst du wunderbar zu mir,
Wenn ich beim Waldesrauschen hier
Gedankenvoll gesessen.

O Trost der Welt, du stille Nacht!
Der Tag hat mich so müd' gemacht,
Das weite Meer schon dunkelt,
Laß ausruhn mich von Lust und Not,
Bis daß das ew'ge Morgenrot
Den stillen Wald durchfunkelt.

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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
3. Come, comfort of the world, you still night
Language: English 
 Come, comfort of the world, you still night!
 How softly you climb from the hills!
 The breezes are all sleeping,
 only one sailor still, weary with travel,
 sings across the sea an evening song
 to praise God from the harbor.
 
 The years go by like clouds
 and leave me standing here alone;
 the world has forgotten me.
 Then amazingly, you came to me
 when I was here by the rustling wood,
 sitting lost in thought.
 
 O comfort of the world, you still night!
 The day has made me so weary;
 the wide sea is darkening already.
 Let me rest from joy and suffering
 until the eternal dawn
 illuminates the still wood throughout.

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4. Letzte Bitte
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wie ein todeswunder Streiter, 
der den Weg verloren hat,
schwank' ich nun und kann nicht weiter,
von dem Leben sterbensmatt.
Nacht schon decket alle Müden,
und so still ist's um mich her, Herr, gib Frieden!
Herr, auch mir gib endlich Frieden,
denn ich wünsch' und hoff' nichts mehr!

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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
4. Final prayer
Language: English 
Like a mortally wounded warrior,
who has lost his way,
I begin to falter and cannot go on,
Worn to death by Life.
Now, night blankets all my weariness,
And it is so silent around me;
Lord, grant me peace!
Lord, grant me also ultimate peace,
As I desire and hope for nothing more!

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5. Ergebung
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Dein Wille, Herr, geschehe!
Verdunkelt schweigt das Land,
Im Zug der Wetter sehe
ich schauernd deine Hand.
O mit uns Sündern gehe
erbarmend ins Gericht!
Ich beug' im tiefsten Wehe
zum Staub mein Angesicht.
Dein Wille, Herr, geschehe!

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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
5. Submission
Language: English 
Your will, Lord, be done!
Darken, quiet the land,
In the march of the storm,
Shuddering, I see your hand.
O, treat us sinners
With compassion in your judgment!
I bow in humblest grief,
With my face to the dust.
Your will, Lord, be done!

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6. Erhebung
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
So laß herein nun brechen
die Brandung, wie sie will,
du darfst ein Wort nur sprechen,
so wird der Abgrund still.
Und bricht die letzte Brücke
zu dir, der treulich steht,
hebt über Not und Glücke
mich einsam das Gebet.

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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
6. Elevation
Language: English 
And now let the surging surf
Break through -- as you will it -
You only need to say a word,
And the chasm will be shuttered.
And if the last bridge to You,
Still standing, were to collapse,
Raise, above distress and happiness,
My solitary prayer.

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