Consign yourself to God's purpose | Consign yourself

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by Albert Zeller (1804 - 1877)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Gieb dich dahin

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

    Gieb dich dahin
    In Gottes Sinn,
Laß Alles andre schwinden;
    Schreit' immer zu
    In dieser Ruh,
Dann wirst du überwinden!
 
    Sei sanft und still,
    Hör, was Er will,
Fall ihm nicht in die Rede:
    So wird dein Muth
    Gar frisch und gut,
Und aus ist Kampf und Fehde.
 
    Die Welt so schön,
    Sie muß vergehn,
Ich kann sie drum nicht schelten;
    Was soll denn sie
    Die Sorg und Müh
Und unsre Noth entgelten?
 
    Sie hält auch Freud
    Genug bereit,
Den Wandrer zu erquicken;
    Nur mußt du dich
    Auch sänftiglich
In ihre Dornen schicken!
 
    Das Ungemach
    Hält frisch und wach,
Das Heil nicht zu versäumen;
    Das eitle Herz
    Ohn Sorg' und Schmerz
Würd es gar bald verträumen.
 
    So geht die Zeit
    Zur Ewigkeit
Gehorsam in die Lehre,
    Und Alles führt
    Wie sichs gebührt,
Zu Gottes Preis und Ehre.

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Confirmed with: Lieder des Leids von Albert Zeller, Fünfte stark vermehrte Auflage, Berlin: Druck und Verlag von Georg Reimer, 1865, pages 98-99.

Text Authorship:

by Albert Zeller (1804 - 1877), no title, appears in Lieder des Leids, no. 51 [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 Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Gib dich dahin in Gottes Sinn", op. 29 no. 3 (c1861), published 1862 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder des Leids, no. 3, Bonn, N. Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Consign yourself to God's purpose", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2006-12-13
Line count: 36
Word count: 138

Consign yourself to God's purpose

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

    Consign yourself
    To God's purpose,
Let everything else fade away;
    Always go forward
    In this peace,
Then you shall prevail!
 
    Be gentle and quiet,
    Listen to what He wills;
Do not interrupt Him,
    Then your spirit
    Shall become bold and fine,
And battles and feuds shall be no more.
 
    The world so beautiful
    Is destined to decay,
I cannot rebuke it for that!
    Why should [the world] recompense us for
    Our anxieties and toils
And our sorrows?
 
    [The world] also holds
    Enough joys at the ready
To refresh the wanderer;
    You must simply
    Meekly and gently
Also submit to [the world's] thorns!
 
    Adversity
    Keeps us bold and alert,
So as not to miss out on salvation!
    The vain heart,
    Without anxiety and sorrow,
Would easily dream away the [opportunity to gain salvation].
 
    Thus time obediently
    Turns to eternity
For instruction,
    And everything leads,
    As is proper,
To God's praise and glory!

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Albert Zeller (1804 - 1877), no title, appears in Lieder des Leids, no. 51
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This text was added to the website: 2006-12-13
Line count: 36
Word count: 152