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Kling' die Nacht durch, klinge, Süßen Frieden bringe Dem, für den du tönst! Kling' in [stille]1 Ferne, So du Pilger gerne Mit der Welt versöhnst! Aber wer will wandern Zu den lieben Andern, Die vorausgewallt? Zog er gern die Schelle? Bebt er an der Schwelle, Wann »Herein« erschallt? - Gilt's dem bösen Sohne, Der noch flucht dem Tone, Weil er heilig ist?! Nein es klingt so lauter, Wie ein Gottvertrauter Seine Laufbahn schließt! Aber ist's ein Müder, Den verwaist die Brüder, - Dem ein treues Thier Einzig ließ den Glauben An die Welt nicht rauben: - Ruf' ihn Gott zu dir! Ist's der Frohen Einer, Der die Freuden reiner Lieb' und Freundschaft theilt, Gönn' ihm noch die Wonnen Unter dieser Sonnen, Wo er gerne weilt!
Confirmed with Joh. Gabr. Seidl's Dichtungen. Zweiter Theil. Lieder der Nacht. [...] Von Johann Gabriel Seidl. Wien. Druck und Verlag von J. P. Sollinger. 1826, pages 26-27; with Lieder der Nacht. Von Johann Gabriel Seidl. Zweite, verbesserte und vermehrte Auflage. Wien, 1851. Druck und Verlag von J. P. Sollinger's Witwe, pages 31-32; and with Joh. Gabr. Seidl's gesammelte Schriften. Mit einer Einleitung von Julius von der Traun. Herausgegeben von Hans Max. Erster Band. [...] Wien, 1877. Wilhelm Braumüller k.k. Hof- und Universitätsbuchhändler, pages 33-34.
1 Schubert: "weite"Note: A "Zügenglöcklein" is a bell rung in Austrian churches as a call to prayer when a parishioner is dying.
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Gabriel Seidl (1804 - 1875), "Das Zügenglöcklein", appears in Lieder der Nacht [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Das Zügenglöcklein", op. 80 (Drei Lieder) no. 2, D 871 (1826), published 1827 [ voice and piano ], Tobias Haslinger, VN 5028, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La campaneta del viàtic", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Het stervensklokje", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The passing bell", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La cloche funèbre", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "La campanella del viatico", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 30
Word count: 122
Ring the night through, ring; bring sweet peace to him for whom you toll! Ring out to far places, so you reconcile the pilgrim with the world! But who would travel after those dear others who have gone before? Does he gladly ring the bell? For he trembles on the threshhold when they cry "Enter!" Is it directed at the wicked son, who is even still cursing the tone because it is holy? No, it rings louder as a god-fearing man nears the end of his life's run. But if it is for one who is weary, who was bereft of his brothers, whom some loyal beast once helped, preventing his faith from being robbed by the world - it calls him, God, to you! If it is one of those joyful ones, who share pure happiness, love and friendship, grant him still some bliss under this sun, where he tarries gladly!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Gabriel Seidl (1804 - 1875), "Das Zügenglöcklein", appears in Lieder der Nacht
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 30
Word count: 151