Very deeply muted, innermost life sings in the beehive in the quiet midnight

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by Hildegard Jone (1891 - 1963)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Sehr tief verhalten innerst Leben singt...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Baß
 Sehr tief verhalten innerst Leben singt im Bienenkorb in stiller Mitternacht,
 weil es in ihm noch immer Kunde bringt,
 daß Fleiß aus bunter Vielheit Süße macht.
 Der Bienenkorb,
 das weiße Sternenzelt,
 ist dicht durchtropft vom süßen Schöpfungslicht.
 Es kreist darin ein jedes Bienlein Welt,
 bevor der Schwarm in ewige Frühe bricht.
 Das Herz,
 der kleinste Bienenkorb,
 umgibt die andern alle.
 Seinen Honig klärt der eine Imker,
 der die Süße liebt der reinen Liebe,
 die er voll gewährt.

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Text Authorship:

by Hildegard Jone (1891 - 1963) [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 Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Sehr tief verhalten innerst Leben singt im Bienenkorb in stiller Mitternacht", op. 31 no. 2 (1941-3), from Kantate Nr. 2, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Jeroen Scholten

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 78

Very deeply muted, innermost life sings...

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Bass
 Very deeply muted, innermost life sings in the beehive in the quiet midnight,
 because within it there still comes the message
 that diligence creates sweetness from colourful multiplicity.
 The beehive,
 the white canopy of stars,
 is densely permeated by the sweet light of creation.
 Within it circles every bee-world,
 until the swarm breaks out into eternal morning.
 The heart,
 the smallest beehive,
 surrounds all of the others.
 Its honey is clarified by the one beekeeper
 who loves the sweetness of pure love,
 which he bestows fully.

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This text was added to the website: 2018-03-31
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