How beautiful you are

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by Friedrich Adolf Krummacher (1768 - 1845)

Translation © by Malcolm Wren

Die Nacht

(Sung text for setting by F. Schubert)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE ITA SPA

Wie schön bist du,
Freundliche Stille, himmlische Ruh! -
Sehet, wie die klaren Sterne
Wandeln in des Himmels Auen,
Und auf uns hernieder schauen,
Schweigend aus der blauen Ferne.

Wie schön bist du,
Freundliche Stille, himmlische Ruh! -
Schweigend naht des Lenzes Milde
Sich der Erde weichem Schooß,
Kränzt den Silberquell mit Moos,
Und mit Blumen die Gefilde.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.

Note: This is the first version of Krummacher's Die Stille. He published a different version of this poem in 1821, see below.

Composition:

Franz Peter Schubert

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Adolf Krummacher (1768 - 1845), "Die Stille", first published 1810

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Michael Berridge) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Daniel Faure) , copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 42
Word count: 194

Night

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Schubert)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

How beautiful you are,
Friendly silence, heavenly calm! - 
Look at how the bright stars
Are moving across the meadows of heaven,
And how they are looking down on us
In silence out of the blue distance.

How beautiful you are,
Friendly silence, heavenly calm! -
The gentleness of spring is approaching in silence
Towards the soft womb of the earth,
It is garlanding the silver spring with moss
And the fields with flowers.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2020 by Malcolm Wren, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Adolf Krummacher (1768 - 1845), "Die Stille", first published 1810
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