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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Himmelslicht
 (Sung text for setting by M. Hauptmann)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
  Silberumsäumtes Wolkengebilde, 
Sanft von dem zartesten Schimmer umstrahlt,
Leise schwebend, so duftig, so milde, 
Schön wie von lächelnden Engeln gemalt!

  Und nur ein Lüftchen, -- ist's droben zerronnen, 
Ringsum das tiefeste, prächtigste Blau! 
Ganz hat die Helle den Sieg nun gewonnen, 
O wie erglänzen sie, Himmel und Au! 

  Ja, ist von ewigem Troste durchleuchtet, 
Zagendes Herz, was hier dich bedrückt,
Ob auch die Wehmuth das Auge noch feuchtet, 
Schöner nur Alles das Leben dir schmückt!

 ... 

Composition:

    Set to music by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Himmelslicht", op. 55 (6 Lieder aus Fr. Osers Naturliedern für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 3, published 1864, stanzas 1-3 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel ; also in the collection Das R¨tli: ein Liederbuch für Schweizersänger (St. Gallen: J. J. Sonderegger, 1867, song no. 23, pages 76-78)

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Himmelslicht", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 111

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Light of the heavens", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2017-05-08
Line count: 16
Word count: 104

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