Rainy Sunday | Dreary clouds! why do you hide

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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Regensonntag

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Trübe Wolken! was verdecket 
Ihr des Himmels Pracht mir heut, 
Da zum Preis des Herrn mich wecket, 
Horch! des Sonntags Festgeläut? 
  Hat's vergessen denn der Himmel, 
Daß sich freun will alle Welt, 
Da auf's irdische Gewimmel, 
Weh! kein Strahl des Lichtes fällt? 

  Freu, mein Herz, der Sabbatswonne
Heute drum dich minder nicht, 
Ob auch rings die goldne Sonne 
Hat verhüllt ihr Segenslicht! 
  Sing getrost nur deine Lieder, 
Schwing dich auf von allem Gram: 
Weißt ja, daß der Himmel wieder 
Heute zu der Erde kam!

Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 47.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Regensonntag", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 52 [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 Gustav Flügel (1812 - 1900) [sung text not yet checked]
by Philipp Tietz (1816 - 1878) [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Rainy Sunday", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-04-17
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Rainy Sunday

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  Dreary clouds! why do you hide
The glory of the sky from me today,
When I am awakened to praise the Lord,
Hark! by Sunday's festive tolling of bells?
  Has the sky forgotten then
That the whole world wishes to be happy,
When upon the earthly bustle,
Woe! no beam of light falls?

  My heart, do not be any less glad today
In the bliss of the Sabbath,
Though all around the golden sun
Has shrouded its blessed light!
  Only sing your songs confidently,
Rise above every sorrow:
For you know that Heaven has 
Come to earth once again today!

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Regensonntag", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 52
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This text was added to the website: 2025-04-21
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Word count: 100