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by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wie ist doch die Erde so schön, so schön! Das wissen die Vögelein: Sie heben ihr leicht' Gefieder, Und singen so fröhliche Lieder In den blauen Himmel hinein. Wie ist doch die Erde so schön, so schön! Das wissen die Flüss' und Seen: Sie malen im klaren Spiegel Die Gärten und Städt' und Hügel, Und die Wolken, die drüber geh'n! Und Sänger und Maler wissen es, Und es wissen's viel and're Leut'! Und wer's nicht malt, der singt es, Und wer's nicht singt, dem klingt es In dem Herzen vor lauter Freud'!
Composition:
- Set to music by Luise Adolpha Le Beau (1850 - 1927), "Juchhe!", op. 7 (Fünf Lieder für Sopran mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3 (1875), published 1878 [ soprano and piano ], Berlin, Luckhardt
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), no title, appears in Lieder, in Frühling und Liebe, first published 1844
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Leonard J[ordan] Lehrman) , "How beautiful the earth is!", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Addie Funk) , "How lovely the earth"
- ENG English [singable] (C. Hugo Laubach)
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ô gué !", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfonso Sebastián) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 106
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
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How beautiful, so beautiful is the world! The little birds know it: They lift their light plumage, And sing such joyful songs Into the blue heavens. How beautiful, so beautiful is the world! The rivers and lakes know it: In their clear reflective surface, they paint The garden and the towns and hills, And the clouds that scud above them! And singers and painters know it, And many other people know it And whoever does not paint it, sings it, And whoever does not sing it, for him it resounds In his heart for pure joy!
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), no title, appears in Lieder, in Frühling und Liebe, first published 1844
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This text was added to the website: 2022-03-17
Line count: 15
Word count: 107