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Du Urquell aller Güte, Du Urquell aller Macht, Lindhauchend aus der Blüte, Hochdonnernd aus der Schlacht, Allwärts ist Dir bereitet Ein Tempel und ein Fest, Allwärts von Dir geleitet, Wer gern sich leiten läßt. Du siehst in dies mein Herze, Kennst seine Lust und Noth: Mild winkt der Heimath Kerze, Kühn ruft [glorwürdiger]1 Tod; Mit mir in eins zusammen [Schlingt]2 hier sich [Kindleins]3 Huld, Und draußen leuchten Flammen, Abbrennend Schmach und Schuld. Bereit bin ich zu sterben Im Kampf, der Ahnen werth, Nur sichre vor Verderben Mir Weib und Kind am Heerd. Dein ist in mir die Liebe, [Die]4 diesen beiden quillt, Dein auch sind muth'ge Triebe, Davon die Brust mir schwillt. Kann es sich mild gestalten, So laß es, Herr, geschehn, Den Frieden [fürder]5 walten, Und Sitt' und Ruh' bestehn. Wo nicht, so gieb zum Werke Uns Licht in Sturmesnacht; Du ew'ge Lieb' und Stärke, Dein Wollen sei vollbracht. Wohin Du mich willst haben, Mein Herr, ich steh' bereit, Zu frommen [Liebesgaben]6, Wie auch [zum wackern]7 Streit. Dein Bot' in Schlacht und Reise, Dein Bot' im stillen Haus, Ruh' ich auf alle Weise, Doch einst im Himmel aus.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Die Musen. Herausgegeben von Friedrich Baron de la Motte Fouqué und Wilhelm Neumann. Jahrgang 1813. Berlin, bei Julius Eduard Hitzig, pages 254-255; with Gedichte von Friedrich Baron de la Motte Fouqué. Zweiter Band. Gedichte aus dem Manns-Alter. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1817, pages 62-63; and with Die wunderbaren Begebenheiten des Grafen Alethes von Lindenstein. Ein Roman von Friedrich Baron de la Motte Fouqué. Erster Theil. Wien, in der Haas'schen Buchhandlung. 1817, pages 184-185.
Note: First published 1813 in Die Musen with the subtitle Aus einer umgedruckten [sic!] Dichtung. Later published as Berthold's prayer in Fouqué's novel Die wunderbaren Begebenheiten des Grafen Alethes von Lindenstein (Zweites Buch. Fünftes Kapitel), and simultaneously in Fouqué's collected poems, here as number XXXVIII with the subtitle 1809.
1 Fouqué (in the novel and Wien 1818 edition), and Schubert: "glorwürd'ger"2 Fouqué (in the novel): "Schmiegt"
3 Schubert (autograph score and Alte Gesamtausgabe): "Kindes"
4 Fouqué (in the novel): "So"
5 Fouqué (in the novel): "künftig"
6 Fouqué (1817 "Gedichte" edition): "Liedesgaben" (apparently misprint)
7 Fouqué (Wien 1818 edition): "zu wackerm"
Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843), "Gebet", written 1812?, first published 1813 [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 Franciscus Nagler (1873 - 1957), "Du Urquell aller Güte", op. 87 no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Gebet", op. posth. 139 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1, D 815 (1824), published 1840, first performed 1837 [ satb quartet with piano ], A. Diabelli & Co., VN 6268, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Gebed", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Knut W. Barde) , "Prayer", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Linda Godry) , "Prayer", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Prière", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 40
Word count: 189
You source of all goodness, You source of all power, You breathe the blossom's gentle breath, You roar the battle's rolling thunder. Everywhere are prepared for you A temple and a feast, Everywhere are led by you those Who gladly want to be led. You see into this heart of mine, You know its joy and pain, A candle from home beckons gently, A Glorifying death calls daringly. I am here infused With a child's worship and love, And outside flames are glowing That burn down disgrace and guilt. I am willing to die in a fight Worthy of ancestors' pride, Only protect from perdition By the hearth my wife and my child. Yours is the love within me That towards those two does crest, Yours too the daring instincts That do so swell my breast. If it can be done with tender care, Then let it happen, Lord, That peace may reign, And order and quiet remain. Where that cannot be, guide our work With light in stormy night, You, the eternal love and might. Your will shall be done. Wherever you want me to go, I stand at the ready, my Lord! To offer pious gifts of love, Or to bravely enter a fight. Your envoy in battle and abroad, Your envoy in a quiet home, I surely shall find my reward, A rest in a heavenly realm.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843), "Gebet", written 1812?, first published 1813
This text was added to the website: 2005-11-24
Line count: 40
Word count: 230