When in dark days you are

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by Christoph Georg Ludwig Meister (1738 - 1811)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Geistliches Lied

(Sung text for setting by J. Krall)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Wenn dich in dunklen Tagen 
Geheimer Kummer drückt,
Und unter stillen Klagen
Dein Auge aufwärts blickt;
Wenn dann kein Licht hernieder
In deine Seele fällt:
So zage nicht, du Müder,
Denn Gott regiert die Welt.

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

Composition:

Johann Baptist Krall

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

Text Authorship:

by Christoph Georg Ludwig Meister (1738 - 1811), "Trost im Leiden"

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Spiritual Song

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Krall)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

When in dark days you are
Oppressed by secret sorrow,
And in quiet laments
Your eyes gaze upward;
When from above no light then 
Falls into your soul:
Do not despair, you weary one,
For God governs the world.

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

Translations of titles:
"Geistliches Lied" = "Spiritual Song"
"Trost im Leiden" = "Comfort in times of suffering"

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