How beautiful, so beautiful is the world!

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by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wie ist doch die Erde so schön!

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE SPA

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 Hügel,
Und die Wolken, die drüber geh'n!

Und Sänger und Maler wissen es,
Und es wissen's viel andere Leut'!
Und wer's nicht malt, der singt es,
Und wer's nicht singt, dem klingt es
Im Herzen voll lauter Freud'!

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Max Reger

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

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 106

How beautiful, so beautiful is the...

(Sung text translation for setting by M. Reger)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

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 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 full of pure joy!

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This text was added to the website: 2022-03-17
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