Laß dich nur nichts nicht [dauern]1
Mit [Trauern]2,
Sei stille! 
Wie Gott es fügt,
So sei vergnügt
Mein Wille.

Was willst du heute sorgen
Auf morgen?
Der Eine
steht allem [für]3;
Der gibt auch dir
das Deine.

Sei nur in allem Handel
Ohn Wandel,
Steh feste! 
Was Gott beschleußt,
Das ist und heißt
das Beste.4

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¹ Hiller: "dauren"
² Hiller: "trauren" (following the original spelling)
³ Hiller: "vor"
⁴ Brahms, Gál, and Mendelssohn add "Amen!"

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Geistliches Lied", op. 30 (1856) [ SATB chorus and organ ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Heinrich Elkamp (1812 - 1868), "Spruch", op. 5 (12 Lieder), Heft 2 no. 11, published 1834 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hans Gál (1890 - 1987), "Trost", op. 32 no. 2 (1928), published 1929 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ], from Fünf ernste Gesänge, no. 2, Tischer & Jagenberg, Köln [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Geistliches Lied", op. 71 no. 1, published [1858] [ SATB chorus ], from Sechs geistliche Gesänge für gemischten Chor, no. 1, Leipzig, C.F.W. Siegel [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Pilgerspruch", op. 8 (Zwölf Gesänge [nos. 2, 3, and 12 are by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel]) no. 5, published 1828 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Laß dich nur nichts nicht dauern", op. 137 no. 9 (1914) [ voice and piano or organ or harmonium ], from Zwölf geistliche Lieder, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Wim Reedijk) , "Blijf toch niet steeds maar vragen", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Let nothing indeed make you endure grief", copyright © 2006
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 55

Let nothing indeed make you endure 
grief;
Be at peace! 
If God ordains it,
may my will 
accept it.

Why worry today about 
tomorrow?
God stands 
for all;
He also gives you 
what is yours.

In all your dealings 
be without whim -
stand firmly! 
That which God decides
is and means 
the best.