by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Morgengebet
 (Sung text for setting by F. Mendelssohn)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
O wunderbares, tiefes Schweigen,
Wie einsam ist's noch auf der Welt!
Die Wälder nur sich leise neigen,
Als ging' der Herr durchs stille Feld.

Ich fühl mich wie neu geschaffen,
Wo ist die Sorge nun und Not?
Was gestern noch mich wollt' erschlaffen,
dess schäm' ich mich im Morgenrot.

Die Welt mit ihrem Gram und Glücke
Will ich, ein Pilger, frohbereit
Betreten nur als eine Brücke
Zu dir, Herr, übern Strom der Zeit.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-3 of the original text.

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Pregària del matí", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Morning prayer", copyright © 2004
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Tino Brütsch , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2004-04-28
Line count: 16
Word count: 107

Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
O wondrous, profound silence -
how solitary it is yet in the world!
The woods just bow softly,
as if God were moving through the silent field.

I feel as if newly created: 
where is sorrow now and affliction?
What just yesterday sapped my strength
shames me in dawn's light.

The world with its grief and joy,
I wish, as a pilgrim, blithely ready,
to traverse - like a bridge that leads
to you, God, across the stream of time.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-3 of the original text.

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  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2004 by Emily Ezust

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This text was added to the website: 2004-04-28
Line count: 16
Word count: 107