Das überlichte Licht schaut man in diesem Leben
Nicht besser, als wann man in's Dunkle sich begeben.

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Confirmed with Angelus Silesius und Saint-Martin. Auszüge., Berlin, in Commission bei Veit & Comp., 1834, p. 79.

Text Authorship:

• by Johannes Scheffler (1624 - 1677), as Angelus Silesius, "Göttliche Beschauung", appears in Cherubinischen Wandersmann, first published 1657 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Rudi Spring (1962 - 2025), "Das überlichte Licht", op. 64 no. 3 (1995) [ five-part mixed chorus (s-mez-a-t-bar), flute (+ bass drum), viola, tenor-hammered dulcimer (+ claves), natural horn and contrabass-tuba ], from Chor-Fantasie, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

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

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2013-11-09
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