Hymn to the Holy Spirit | Lord, our God! Hear our prayer

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possibly by Adolf Anton Schmidl (1802 - 1863)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Hymnus an den heiligen Geist

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Herr, unser Gott! erhöre unser Flehen,
Die sehnend auf zu dir, zu dir, Allgüt'ger, sehen;
Herab auf uns sieh', Tröster du,
In unser Herz leg' Himmelsruh'!

Erfülle uns mit Kraft und Glaubensmuth,
Verlass' auf unserm Pfad uns nicht!
Es leite uns zu dem, was recht und gut.
O Herr, verlass' uns nicht!

Note: This is the text which was published with the first edition of Schubert's Hymnus an den heiligen Geist as op. posth. 154 by Anton Diabelli in 1849. Schubert's manuscript conveys a rather different text.

Text Authorship:

possibly by Adolf Anton Schmidl (1802 - 1863) [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Hymnus an den heiligen Geist", op. posth. 154, D 948 (1828), published 1849, first performed 1829 [ ttbb quartet, ttbb chorus, and orchestra ], A. Diabelli & Co., VN 8778, Wien; note: two versions (version 1: a cappella, version 2: with wind instruments) [sung text checked 1 time]

Set in a modified version by Franz Peter Schubert.

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Himne a l’Esperit Sant", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Hymn to the Holy Spirit", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Hymne à l'Esprit saint", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2017-12-08
Line count: 8
Word count: 52

Hymn to the Holy Spirit

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Lord, our God! Hear our prayer,
which longs to reach you, to see you, the All-Bountiful;
[come] down to see us, Comforting One,
in our hearts lies heavenly peace!
Fill us with strength and courage of belief,
do not abandon us on our way!
Lead us to what is right and good
oh Lord, do not abandon us!

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2015 by Laura Prichard, (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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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) possibly by Adolf Anton Schmidl (1802 - 1863)
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This text was added to the website: 2015-12-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 58