Lilla to the red light of dawn | How beautiful you are, golden dawn

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Malcolm Wren

Lilla an die Morgenröte

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Wie schön bist du, du güldne Morgenröte,
Wie feierlich bist du!
Dir jauchzt im festlichen Gesang der Flöte
Der Schäfer dankbar zu.

Dich grüßt des Waldes Chor, melodisch singet
Die Lerch' und Nachtigall,
Und rings umher [vom Feld und Wald]¹ erklinget
Der Freude Widerhall.

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¹ Schubert (Alte Gesamtausgabe): "von Berg und Thal"

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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), "Lilla an die Morgenröte", D 273 (1815), published 1895 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Lilla a l'aurora", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Lilla tot het morgenrood", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "Lilla to the red light of dawn", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Lilla à l'aube", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 44

Lilla to the red light of dawn

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

How beautiful you are, golden dawn,
How festive you are!
You are hailed in a celebratory song on the flute
Played, in thanksgiving to you, by the shepherd. 

The chorus in the forest greets you, there is melodious singing
By the lark and the nightingale,
And all around, [from the fields and woods]¹, can be heard
The echo of joy.

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¹ Schubert (Old complete edition): "from hill and dale"

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2017-05-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 60