Déu apareix i Déu és llum

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by William Blake (1757 - 1827)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

God appears, and God is light

Language: English

Our translations: CAT

God appears, and God is light,
To those poor souls who dwell in night;
But does a human form display
To those who dwell in realms of day.

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Text Authorship:

by William Blake (1757 - 1827), no title, appears in Auguries of Innocence, no. 34 [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 Bacon (1898 - 1990), "Of God", 1957 [ vocal quartet and piano? ], canon [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Every Night and every Morn", op. 74 no. 14, from Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, no. 14
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Déu apareix i Déu és llum

Language: Catalan (Català) after the English

Déu apareix i Déu és llum,
per a les pobres ànimes que viuen en la nit;
però una forma humana es manifesta
als qui viuen al regne del dia.

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a text in English by William Blake (1757 - 1827), no title, appears in Auguries of Innocence, no. 34
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This text was added to the website: 2024-10-08
Line count: 4
Word count: 29