by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Der du von dem Himmel bist
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  AFR CAT CHI DUT ENG FRE FRL GRE HUN ITA SPA
Der du von dem Himmel bist,
Alles Leid und Schmerzen stillest,
Den, der doppelt elend ist,
Doppelt mit Erquickung füllest,
Ach ich bin des Treibens müde!
Was soll all der Schmerz und Lust?
Süßer Friede,
Komm, ach komm in meine Brust!

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Confirmed with Goethe’s Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1827, page 109.

First published in Christliches Magazin Herausgegeben von Joh. Konrad Pfenninger, Dritter Band, 1780, page 243, with the musical setting by Ph. Ch. Kayser.

Notes
Line 1: Backer-Grøndahl’s score has a comma after the first word (likely a typo)
Line 8: Backer-Grøndahl's score has a typo in word 5 ("meiner" instead of "meine")


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Wanderer's night song
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Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
You who are from heaven,
You quiet all sorrow and pain;
And he who is doubly wretched
You fill with twice as much comfort.
Ah! I am tired of being driven!
For what is all this pain and joy?
Sweet peace,
Come, ah, come into my heart!

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Word count: 49