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by Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld (1591 - 1635)
Translation

O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf,
Herab, herab, vom Himmel lauf !
Reiß ab vom Himmel Tor und Tür,
Reiß ab, wo Schloß und Riegel für !

O Gott, ein' Tau vom Himmel gieß;
Im Tau herab, o Heiland, fließ.
Ihr Wolken, brecht und regnet aus
Den König über Jakobs Haus.

O Erd', schlag aus, schlag aus, o Erd',
Daß Berg und Tal grün alles werd'
O Erd', herfür dies Blümlein bring,
O Heiland, aus der Erden spring.

Wo bleibst du, Trost der ganzen Welt,
Darauf sie all' ihr' Hoffnung stellt ?
O komm, ach komm vom höchsten Saal,
Komm tröst uns hier im Jammertal.

O klare Sonn', du schöner Stern,
Dich wollten wir anschauen gern.
O Sonn', geh auf, ohn' deinen Schein
In Finsternis wir alle sein.

Hie leiden wir die größte Not,
Vor Augen steht der bittre Tod;
Ach komm, führ uns mit starker Hand
Von Elend zu dem Vaterland.

Da wollen wir all' danken dir,
Unserm Erlöser, für und für.
Da wollen wir all' loben dich
Je allzeit immer und ewiglich.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Brahms •   S. Schmidt •   S. Schmidt 

J. Brahms sets stanzas 1-3, 6-7

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  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld (1591 - 1635), "Adventslieder", subtitle: "Wie die Altväter in der Vorhölle nach dem Heiland gerufen und geseufzt haben"
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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), "O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf", op. 74 no. 2, stanzas 1-3,6-7 [chorus], from Zwei Motetten, no. 2. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]
  • by Siegmund Schmidt (b. 1939), "O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf", copyright © 2012 [three-part women's chorus], motet [
     text verified 1 time
    ]
  • by Siegmund Schmidt (b. 1939), "O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf", 1992. [one or 2-part children's chorus, flute, positive organ] [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

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

  • ENG English (Kelly Dean Hansen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Natalie Macfarren) , published 1879
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , title 1: "Oh Salvador, obre la volta celestial", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2006-01-05
Line count: 28
Word count: 174

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