Hoe mooi ben jij, vriend'lijke stilte, hemels getij!

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by Friedrich Adolf Krummacher (1768 - 1845)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

An die Stille

(Sung text for setting by G. Höller)

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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 auf den weiten See-en.

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:

Georg Augustin Höller

Die Sängerhalle: allgemeine deutsche Gesangvereinszeitung für das In- und Ausland

Musikalischer Lorbeerkranz

Text Authorship:

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

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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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Hoe mooi ben jij, vriend'lijke stilte,...

(Sung text translation for setting by G. Höller)

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Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

Hoe mooi ben jij, vriend'lijke stilte, hemels getij!
Zie eens hoe de held're sterren
Wand'len in des hemels wijken
En naar ons hieronder kijken,
Zwijgend, uit het blauw daar verre.

Hoe mooi ben jij, vriend'lijke stilte, hemels getij!
Lentes mildheid komt zich melden,
Nadert zwijgend aardes schoot,
Kranst met mossen bron en sloot
En met bloemenpracht de velden.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Adolf Krummacher (1768 - 1845), "Die Stille", first published 1810
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