Above every nest | Above every nest

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by Josef Viktor Widmann (1842 - 1911)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Über jedem Neste

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Über jedem Neste
Baut der Himmel Paläste,
Wolkenburgen in Sonnenglut.
Es ist kein Fleck zu arm auf Erden,
Auf ihm ein Mann und Held zu werden.
Du, junge Seele fasse Mut!

Text Authorship:

by Josef Viktor Widmann (1842 - 1911) [author's text not yet checked 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 Ernst Klug (1905 - 1985), "Über jedem Neste", published 1955 [ duet for 2 voices in canon ], from Kinderdorf Lieder: 1. Heft: Gemeinschaftslieder, Morgenlieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Above every nest", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2014-10-16
Line count: 6
Word count: 31

Above every nest

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Above every nest
The heavens build palaces,
Cloud-castles in the glow of the sun.
There is no spot on earth that is too poor
To permit one to become a man and a hero.
You, young soul, take courage!

Translator's note for line 1: This line could also be translated as "above every little village", since "Nest" in German can be a derogatory term for a hick town.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Josef Viktor Widmann (1842 - 1911)
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This text was added to the website: 2014-10-16
Line count: 6
Word count: 39