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by Johann Georg Seegemund (1794 - 1877), as Gottwalt

Das stille Lied
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE
Schweige nur,
Süßer Mund der heil'gen Liebe.
Stille weben die Getriebe
Der Natur
In der Erde Schooß, und stille
Hält der Himmel seine Fülle,
Still ist alles Lebens Spur,
Liebe lebt nur in der Hülle,
Schweige nur.

Athme nur,
Blumen athmen [und so sprühen
Süße Düfte, Farben glühen]1
Durch die Flur,
Sterne athmen Licht und ziehen
[Alles athmend]2 an im Fliehen,
Nur ein Hauch wiegt die Natur,
Engel athmen Melodieen,
Athme nur.

Blühe nur!
Sieh in eine sel'ge Blüthe
Hüllt sich ein die ganze Güte
Der Natur,
Und ihr himmlisches Gemüthe
Füllt allein dies Weltgebiete:
Liebe, zeige mir die Spur.
Schweige, athme, sel'ge Blüthe,
Blühe nur.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   F. Schubert 

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Confirmed with Frauentaschenbuch für das Jahr 1817 von de la Motte Fouqué. Nürnberg, bei Joh. Leonh. Schrag, pages 116-117.

1 Schubert: "Farben glühen, / Und so sprühen süße Düfte"
2 Schubert: "Athmend alles"

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Georg Seegemund (1794 - 1877), as Gottwalt, "Das stille Lied" [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Das stille Lied", D 916 (1827), published 1978 [ ttbb quartet ], Bärenreiter, VN 19317, Kassel [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La cançó silenciosa", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The silent song", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le chant silencieux", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2017-10-10
Line count: 27
Word count: 106

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