by Henriette Wilhelmine Auguste von Schorn (1807 - 1869), as Henriette Nordheim

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ach, was ist Leben doch so schwer,
Wann, was Du lieb hast, ist nicht mehr!
Aber sei still!
Weil Gott es will.
 
Ach, was ist Sterben doch so schwer,
Wann, was Du lieb hast, weint umher.
Aber sei still!
Weil Gott es will.
 
Ach, Leben, Sterben wär' nicht schwer,
Wenn unser Herz nur stille wär'!
Darum sei still!
Weil Gott es will.

Composition:

    Set to music by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Sei still", S. 330 (1877-9), published 1879 [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Virginia Knight , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 66