by
Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852)
Wie ist doch die Erde so schön, so...
Language: German (Deutsch)
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Wie ist doch die Erde so schön, so schön!
Das wissen die Vögelein:
Sie heben ihr leicht' Gefieder,
Und singen so fröhliche Lieder
In den blauen Himmel hinein.
Wie ist doch die Erde so schön, so schön!
Das wissen die Flüss' und die Seen:
Sie malen im klaren Spiegel
Die Gärten und Städt' und Hügel,
Und die Wolken, die drüber geh'n!
Und Sänger und Maler wissen es,
Und Kinder und and're Leut'!
Und wer's nicht malt, der singt es,
Und wer's nicht singt, dem klingt es
In dem Herzen vor lauter Freud'!
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Confirmed with Robert Reinick's Märchen-, Lieder- und Geschichtenbuch, Bielefeld und Leipzig: Verlag von Velhagen & Klasing, 1873, page 138.
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How beautiful, so beautiful is the...NOTE: the footnotes have been removed from this text;
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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
How beautiful, so beautiful is the world!
The little birds know it:
They lift their light plumage,
And sing such joyful songs
Into the blue heavens.
How beautiful, so beautiful is the world!
The rivers and the lakes know it:
In their clear reflective surface, they paint
The garden and the towns and hills,
And the clouds that scud above them!
And singers and painters know it,
And children and other people!
And whoever does not paint it, sings it,
And whoever does not sing it, for him it resounds
In his heart for pure joy!
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Translations of title(s):
"Die schöne Erde" = "The beautiful world"
"Juchhe!" = "Hooray!"
"Lebenslust" = "Love of life"
"Wie ist doch die Erde so schön" = "How beautiful is the world"
"Wie ist doch die Erde so schön, so schön!" = "How beautiful, so beautiful is the world!"
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