The young nun | How loudly the howling wind roars through the tree-tops!

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by Jakob Nikolaus Craigher de Jachelutta (1797 - 1855)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Die junge Nonne

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA SPA

Wie braust durch die Wipfel der heulende Sturm!
Es klirren die Balken - es zittert das Haus!
Es rollet der Donner - es leuchtet der Blitz! -
Und finster die Nacht, wie das Grab! - - -
     Immerhin, immerhin!
So tobt' es [noch jüngst auch]¹ in mir!
Es brauste das Leben, wie jetzo der Sturm!
Es bebten die Glieder, wie jetzo das Haus!
Es flammte die Liebe, wie jetzo der Blitz! -
Und finster die Brust, wie das Grab! -

Nun tobe du wilder, [gewaltiger]² Sturm!
Im Herzen ist Friede, im Herzen ist Ruh! -
Des Bräutigams harret die liebende Braut,
  Gereinigt in prüfender Glut -
  Der ewigen Liebe getraut. -

Ich harre, mein Heiland, mit sehnendem Blick;
Komm, himmlischer Bräutigam! hole die Braut!
Erlöse die Seele von irdischer Haft! -
Horch! friedlich ertönet das Glöcklein [am]³ Thurm;
  Es lockt mich das süße Getön
  Allmächtig zu ewigen Höhn -
     »Alleluja!«

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• F. Schubert

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Confirmed with Poetische Betrachtungen in freyen Stunden von Nicolaus. Mit einer Vorrede und einem einleitenden Gedichte begleitet von Friedrich von Schlegel. Wien. Gedruckt und im Verlage bey Carl Gerold. 1828, page 58.

Note: Schubert received Craigher's poem in handwritten form. Craigher issued it later in the book mentioned above.

¹ Schubert: "auch jüngst noch"
² Schubert: "gewalt'ger"
³ Schubert: "vom"

Text Authorship:

by Jakob Nikolaus Craigher de Jachelutta (1797 - 1855), "Die junge Nonne", first published 1828 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Die junge Nonne", op. 43 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1, D 828 (1825), published 1825, first performed 1826 [ voice, piano ], A. Pennauer, VN 136, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 22
Word count: 140

The young nun

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

How loudly the howling wind roars through the tree-tops!
The rafters rattle, the house shudders!
Thunder rolls, lighting flashes,
And the night is as dark as the grave!
   All the same, ever all the same,
so it raged in me not long ago as well:
My life roared like the storm now,
My limbs trembled like the house now,
Love burst into flame, like the lightning now,
And my heart was as dark as the grave.

Now rage, you wild, powerful storm,
In my heart there is peace; in my heart there is calm.
The groom is awaited by the loving bride,
Cleansed by the purifying flames,
To eternal Love betrothed.

I await you, my Saviour, with a yearning gaze!
Come, my heavenly bridegroom, take your bride,
Rescue her soul from earthly imprisonment.
Listen: the bell rings peacefully from the tower!
That sweet tone invites me 
overpoweringly to eternal heights.
Halleluja!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Jakob Nikolaus Craigher de Jachelutta (1797 - 1855), "Die junge Nonne", first published 1828
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 22
Word count: 151