The word is filled with the bliss of friendship

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by Hildegard Jone (1891 - 1963)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Freundselig ist das Wort

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Chor
 Freundselig ist das Wort,

Sopran
 das uns um unsre Liebe zu sich fragt,

Chor
 fürchte dich nicht,

Sopran
                      ich bin es

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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), "Freundselig ist das Wort", op. 31 no. 5 (1941-3), from Kantate Nr. 2, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

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: 8
Word count: 22

The word is filled with the bliss of...

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Choir
 The word is filled with the bliss of friendship,

Soprano
 [the word] that asks for our love to itself,

Choir
 be not afraid,

Soprano
                      It is I.

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This text was added to the website: 2018-03-31
Line count: 8
Word count: 28