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Die Augen der Blinden werden aus dem Dunkel und Finsterniss sehen

Set 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" [Sung Text]

Note: this setting is made up of several separate texts.

Translations available : ENG 


 ... 

Dort werd ich das im Licht erkennen,
Was ich auf Erden dunkel sah;
Das wunderbar und heilig nennen,
Was unerforschlich hier geschah;
 ... 

Text Authorship:

  • by Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715 - 1769), "Trost des ewigen Lebens", appears in Geistliche Oden und Lieder

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The comfort of eternal life", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]



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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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.
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]


Author(s): [More than can fit here], Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715 - 1769)
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