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by Barthold Heinrich Brockes (1680 - 1747)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Süße Stille, sanfte Quelle

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Süße Stille, sanfte Quelle
Ruhiger Gelassenheit!
Selbst die Seele wird erfreut,
[Da, in deiner Süßigkeit,
Ich mir hier nach dieser Zeit
Voll mühsel'ger Eitelkeit]¹,
Jene Ruh vor Augen stelle,
Die uns ewig ist bereit.

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¹ Händel: "Wenn ich mir nach dieser Zeit/ Arbeitssamer Eitelkeit"

Text Authorship:

by Barthold Heinrich Brockes (1680 - 1747), no title, appears in Irdisches Vergnügen in Gott, in Betrachtung des Mondscheins [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Süße Stille, sanfte Quelle", HWV. 205, from Neun deutsche Arien, no. 4. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Dolça quietud, mansoia font", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Hayden Muhl) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Doux silence, sources calmes", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Doux silence, sources calmes

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Doux silence, sources calmes
De sérénité paisible !
L'âme elle-même se réjouira
Quand, après ce temps
Plein de laborieuse futilité,
Se placera devant mes yeux cette paix
Qui nous attend pour l'éternité.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2014 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Barthold Heinrich Brockes (1680 - 1747), no title, appears in Irdisches Vergnügen in Gott, in Betrachtung des Mondscheins
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This text was added to the website: 2014-01-27
Line count: 7
Word count: 31