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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation © by Lau Kanen

Uns leuchtet heut der Freude Schein!
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  DUT ENG FRE
Uns leuchtet heut der Freude Schein!
Auf Jubelklang!
Wir grüßen den erkornen Herrn!
Strömt aus in Festgesang!
Wir grüßen den erkornen Herrn!
Strömt aus in Festgesang!

Vom Himmel kommt er zart und lind.
Auf Jubelklang!
Auf Blumen eingewiegt ein Kind.
Strömt aus in Festgesang!
Auf Blumen eingewiegt ein Kind.
Strömt aus in Festgesang!

Vor ewger Jugend hellem Schein.
Auf Jubelklang!
Sinkt alles düstre Alte ein.
Strömt aus in Festgesang!
Sinkt alles düstre Alte ein.
Strömt aus in Festgesang!

Die ganze Welt erstehet jung.
Auf Jubelklang!
In neuer Glaubenstaten Schwung.
Strömt aus in Festgesang!
In neuer Glaubenstaten Schwung.
Strömt aus in Festgesang!

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Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [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 Carl Banck (1809 - 1889), "Weihnachtslied", op. 71 (Gesänge für gemischten Chor) no. 1, published 1876 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Weihnachten", WoO. 31 no. 12 (1857), from Volks-Kinderlieder, no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Kerstmis", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Aujourd'hui la lumière de la joie nous éclaire !", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 101

Kerstmis
Language: Dutch (Nederlands)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Op ons straalt heden vreugde neer!
Juich luid en lang!
Wij groeten de verbeide Heer!
Barst uit in feestgezang!
Wij groeten de verbeide Heer!
Barst uit in feestgezang!
 
De hemel zendt Hem, lief en teer.
Juich luid en lang!
Op bloemen ligt een kind terneer.
Barst uit in feestgezang!
Op bloemen ligt een kind terneer.
Barst uit in feestgezang!
 
Voor jeugd die eeuwig stralen gaat
- Juich luid en lang! -
Zinkt weg al ’t oude, duist’re kwaad.
Barst uit in feestgezang!
Zinkt weg al ’t oude, duist’re kwaad.
Barst uit in feestgezang!
 
De hele wereld wordt weer jong.
Juich luid en lang!
Met nieuw geloof en dadendrang.
Barst uit in feestgezang!
Met nieuw geloof en dadendrang.
Barst uit in feestgezang!

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2016 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.

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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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This text was added to the website: 2016-02-09
Line count: 24
Word count: 119

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