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Ich sag' es jedem, daß er lebt Und auferstanden ist, Daß er in unsrer Mitte schwebt Und ewig bei uns ist. Ich sag' es jedem, jeder sagt Es seinen Freunden gleich, Daß bald an allen Orten tagt Das neue Himmelreich. Jetzt scheint die Welt dem neuen Sinn Erst wie ein Vaterland; Ein neues Leben nimmt man hin Entzückt aus seiner Hand. Hinunter in das tiefe Meer Versank des Todes Graun, Und jeder kann nun leicht und hehr In seine Zukunft schaun. Der dunkle Weg, den er betrat, Geht in den Himmel aus, Und wer nur hört auf seinen Rath, Kommt auch in Vaters Haus. Nun weint auch keiner mehr allhie, Wenn Eins die Augen schließt, Vom Wiedersehn, spät oder früh, Wird dieser Schmerz versüßt. Es kann zu jeder guten That Ein jeder frischer glühn, Denn herrlich wird ihm diese Saat In schönern Fluren blühn. Er lebt, und wird nun bei uns seyn, Wenn alles uns verläßt! Und so soll dieser Tag uns seyn Ein Weltverjüngungs-Fest.
Confirmed with Novalis Schriften. Herausgegeben von Friedrich Schlegel und Ludwig Tieck. Zweiter Theil. Berlin, 1802- In der Buchhandlung der Realschule, pages 143-145; with Novalis Schriften. Herausgegeben von Ludwig Tieck und Fr. Schlegel. Dritte Auflage. Zweiter Theil. Berlin, 1815. In der Realschulbuchhandlung, pages 33-34; and with Novalis Schriften. Kritische Neuausgabe auf Grund des handschriftlichen Nachlasses von Ernst Heilborn. Erster Theil. 1901. Druck und Verlag von Georg Reimer Berlin, pages 336-337.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich von Hardenberg (1772 - 1801), as Novalis, written 1799-1800, appears in Geistliche Lieder, no. 9, first published 1802 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Hymne IV", D 662 (1819), published 1872 [ voice, piano ], J. P. Gotthard, VN 361, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Himne IV", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Hymne IV - Ich sag' es jedem", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (George MacDonald) , "Spiritual Songs, number 9", appears in Rampolli: Growths from a Long Planted Root. Being Translations, New and Old, Chiefly from the German, first published 1897
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Hymne IV", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 165
I tell everyone that He lives And has risen [from the dead], That He hovers in our midst And is with us eternally. I tell it to everyone, everyone tells His friends immediately That soon everywhere shall dawn The new kingdom of Heaven. Only now to the new spirit the world Appears to be a homeland; Enraptured, one accepts a new life From His hand. Down into the deep sea The terror of death has sunk, And everyone may now with a light heart and loftily Gaze into his future. The dark path on which He walked Ends in Heaven, And he who listens to His counsel Shall also reach the house of the Father. No one weeps any longer here [on earth]; When one [of us] closes his eyes [in death], This pain is sweetened by the thought that We shall see each other again, later or earlier. Each one [of us] can approach every Good deed with fresher ardour. For gloriously shall this sowing bloom For him in more beautiful meadows. He lives, and shall now be with us When everything else deserts us! And thus shall this day be for us A festival of the rejuvenation of the world.
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Translated titles:"Hymne IV" = "Hymn IV"
"Ich sag' es jedem, daß er lebt" = "I tell everyone that He lives"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich von Hardenberg (1772 - 1801), as Novalis, written 1799-1800, appears in Geistliche Lieder, no. 9, first published 1802
This text was added to the website: 2015-06-09
Line count: 32
Word count: 202