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Auf dem grünen Rasensitze, Hier am kleinen Wasserfall, Hör' ich von des Thurmes Spitze, Eines Silberglöckleins Schall. Dir, o Höchster! klingt es helle, Dir, durch den das Weltall lebt, Der mich auf der Lebenswelle Liebend väterlich umschwebt. Wenn ich seine Huld nicht hätte, O wie wär' ich arm und schwach! Drum in flammendem Gebete Ringt ihm meine Seele nach. Und wie's hell vom Thurme klinget Also klingt's im Innern klar, Ihn allein mein Herz besinget, Der da sein wird, ist und war. Glöcklein [gibst]1 mir ernste Kunde, [Rufst]2: der Tag hat sich geneigt; Mir auch kommt die Abendstunde, Da die Sonne niedersteigt. Dann, o liebes Glöcklein, klinge, Freundlich mir [zur Grabesruh]3; Die befreite Seele schwinge Selig sich der Heimath zu.
F. Kamm sets stanzas 1, 5, 6
Confirmed with Die Glocke im Lichte der deutschen Dichtung, Gesammelt und herausgegeben von P. Gall Morel und Vogel von Glarus, zweite, vermehrte Auflage, Glarus: Verlagsbuchhandlung Vogel, 1894, pages 53-54.
1 Kamm: "gibt"2 Kamm: "Ruft"
3 Kamm: "zu Grabes Ruh' "
Text Authorship:
- by Gall Morel, Pater (1803 - 1872), "Das Glöcklein" [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 Ferdinand Kamm (1845 - 1897), "Das Glöcklein", op. 45 (Liedersaal für Frauenchor. 90 drei- und vierstimmige Lieder für Schule, Haus und Verein) no. 8 (1896), stanzas 1,5,6 [ ssa chorus ], Zürich & Leipzig: Hug [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The little bell", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2026-10-03
Line count: 24
Word count: 123
Upon the green, grassy seat Here by the little waterfall, I hear from the top of the tower, The ringing of a little silver bell,. To Thee, oh Highest One! it rings brightly, To Thee, through Whom the universe lives, Who on the wave of my life Wafts about me like a loving father. If I did not possess His graciousness, Oh, how poor and weak I would be! Therefore in burning prayer My soul struggles to follow Him. And as it rings brightly from the tower, Thus it rings clearly within [me], My heart sings of Him alone, [Him] who shall be, who is, and who was. [Little bell, you give]1 me solemn tidings, [You call]: the day has drawn to a close; To me as well comes the evening hour, When the sun shall descend. Then, oh dear little bell, ring Me kindly to the rest of the grave; May my freed soul blissfully Swing its way upward to my homeland.
1 Kamm: "The little bell gives"
2 Kamm: "Calls"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Gall Morel, Pater (1803 - 1872), "Das Glöcklein"
This text was added to the website: 2026-10-10
Line count: 24
Word count: 164