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Silberumsäumtes Wolkengebilde, Sanft von dem zartesten Schimmer [durchstrahlt]1, Leise schwebend, so duftig, so milde, Schön wie von lächelnden Engeln gemalt! Und nur ein Lüftchen, -- ist's droben zerronnen, Ringsum das tiefeste, prächtigste Blau! Ganz hat [das Licht]2 den Sieg nun gewonnen, O wie erglänzen sie, Himmel und Au! Ja, ist von ewigem Troste durchleuchtet, Zagendes Herz, was hier dich bedrückt, Ob auch die Wehmuth das Auge noch feuchtet, Schöner nur Alles das Leben dir schmückt! Und nur ein Weilchen, -- ist drüben zerflossen Alles im strahlenden, seligen Licht, Alles dem Danke, dem Jubel erschlossen, Freu dich, o Seele, und fürchte dich nicht!
M. Hauptmann sets stanzas 1-3
Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874, mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 100.
1 Hauptmann: "umstrahlt"2 Hauptmann: "die Helle"
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Himmelslicht", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 111 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Paul Flügel (1844 - 1912), "Himmelslicht", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1867 [ voice and piano ], Greifswald, Verlag der Academischen Buchhandlung (and later: Leipzig, Leuckart, 1876) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffmann (1820 - 1900), "Himmelslicht", op. 99, published 1875 [ female voice (or vocal quartet of 3 female voices and tenor ad libitum) with piano ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffmann (1820 - 1900), "Himmelslicht", op. 92 no. 3, published 1873 [ vocal trio with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Himmelslicht", op. 55 (6 Lieder aus Fr. Osers Naturliedern für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 3, published 1864, stanzas 1-3 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel ; also in the collection Das R¨tli: ein Liederbuch für Schweizersänger (St. Gallen: J. J. Sonderegger, 1867, song no. 23, pages 76-78) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Light of the heavens", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website: 2017-05-08
Line count: 16
Word count: 104
Silver-rimmed cloud-shapes, Gently illumined [through and through]1 by the most delicate shimmer, Wafting quietly, so scented, so mild, Beautiful as if painted by smiling angels! And only a little breeze, -- then it’s gone on high Round about the deepest, most glorious blue! The [light]2 has been utterly victorious now, Oh how they are set agleaming, the sky and the meadow! Yes, apprehensive heart, when eternal comfort Shines through that which oppresses you here [on earth], Though melancholy still dampens your eyes, Life only adorns everything all the more beautifully for you. And only a little while, -- yonder everything Shall been dissipated in radiant, blessed light, Everything shall be opened up to gratitude, to rejoicing, Be happy, oh soul, and fear not!
1 Hauptmann: "all round"
2 Hauptmann: "brightness"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Himmelslicht", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 111
This text was added to the website: 2017-07-15
Line count: 16
Word count: 124