Into the quiet land!

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by Johann Gaudenz Freiherr von Salis-Seewis (1762 - 1834)

Translation © by Malcolm Wren

Ins stille Land

(Sung text for setting by J. Kittl)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Ins stille Land!
Wer leitet uns hinüber?
Schon wölkt sich uns der Abendhimmel trüber,
Und immer trümmervoller wird der Strand.
Wer leitet uns mit sanfter Hand
Hinüber! ach! hinüber
Ins stille Land?

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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 1 of the original text.

Composition:

Jan Bedřich Kittl

Text Authorship:

by Johann Gaudenz Freiherr von Salis-Seewis (1762 - 1834), "Lied", first published 1805

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Naar 't stille land", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Dans le pays du repos", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Antonio Zencovich) , "Nel paese del silenzio", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 21
Word count: 96

Into the quiet land!

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Kittl)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Into the quiet land!
Who is going to lead us over there?
The evening sky is already clouding over for us and looking ominous,
And the shore is also becoming increasingly bleak.
Who will take us with a gentle hand and lead us
Over there, oh, over there,
Into the quiet land?

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Word count: 137