Wie, wenn die Sonn' aufgehet
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Wie, wenn die Sonn' aufgehet,
Die Rose blühend stehet,
In ihrer schönsten Zier.
Und doch verwelkt sich [beuget,]1
Wenn sich die Sonne neiget,
So blühen und verwelken wir.
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Confirmed with Unterhaltungen mit Gott in den Morgen- und Abendstunden auf jeden Tag des Jahres von Sturm und Tiede, Zweyter Theil, Eilfte von Wilmsen verbesserte Auflage, Reutlingen: bey Carl Friderich Lorenz und Compagnie, 1814, page 299. Note: this appears to be a variant of the eighth stanza of a longer poem, Die Herrlichkeit der Erden.
Note: the first line and Lang's title differ (aufgehet vs. aufgeht)
1 Lang: "zeiget"
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "As, when the sun rises", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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As, when the sun rises
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
As, when the sun rises,
The rose stands blooming
In its most beautiful finery,
And yet shows itself to be wilted
When the sun sets,
So we, too, bloom and fade.
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