Language: German (Deutsch)
Auf hoher Alp
Wohnt auch der liebe Gott,
Er färbt den Morgen roth,
Die Blümlein weiß und blau,
Und labet sie mit Thau.
Auf hoher Alp ein lieber Vater wohnt.
Auf hoher Alp,
Von kräuterreichen Höhn
Die Lüftlein lieblich wehn,
Gewürzig, frei und rein.
Mags auch sein Odem seyn?
Auf hoher Alp ein lieber Vater wohnt.
Auf hoher Alp
Erquickt sein milder Strahl
Das stille Weidethal;
Des hohen Glätschers Eis
Glänzt wie ein Blütenreis.
Auf hoher Alp ein lieber Vater wohnt.
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-3 of the original text.
Composition:
Set to music by Selmar Bagge (1823 - 1896), "Alplied", stanzas 1-3 [ voice and piano ], unpublished, confirmed with the manuscript in Huldigung der Tonsetzer Wiens an Ihre Majestät die allerdurchlauchtigste Frau Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie, Kaiserin von Österreich, Königin von Ungarn und Böhmen etc. Überreicht von der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde des österreichischen Kaiserstaates 1854 held in the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
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- ENG English (John H. Campbell) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Charles Timothy Brooks) , "Mountain and Valley"
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Line count: 36
Word count: 169
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Our dear God
also lives on the high Alps.
He colors the morning red,
the little flowers white and blue
and refreshes them with dew.
On the high Alps our dear Father lives.
On the high Alps,
in high pastures
the winds blow delightfully,
sweet-scented, clean and pure.
May it also be His breath?
On the high Alps our dear Father lives.
On those high Alps,
his mild rays refresh
the quiet pastured-valleys.
The high glacier's ice
shines like white blossoms.
On the high Alps our dear Father lives.
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