Süße Stille, sanfte Quelle
Ruhiger Gelassenheit!
Selbst die Seele wird erfreut,
[Da, in deiner Süßigkeit,
Ich mir hier nach dieser Zeit
Voll mühsel'ger Eitelkeit]1,
Jene Ruh vor Augen stelle,
Die uns ewig ist bereit.

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¹ Händel: "Wenn ich mir nach dieser Zeit/ Arbeitssamer Eitelkeit"

Text Authorship:

• by Barthold Heinrich Brockes (1680 - 1747), no title, appears in Irdisches Vergnügen in Gott, in Betrachtung des Mondscheins [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Süße Stille, sanfte Quelle", HWV. 205, from Neun deutsche Arien, no. 4. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Dolça quietud, mansoia font", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Hayden Muhl) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Doux silence, sources calmes", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-07-01
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Word count: 34