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possibly by Adolf Anton Schmidl (1802 - 1863)
Translation © by Salvador Pila

Hymnus an den heiligen Geist
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG
Komm' heil'ger Geist! erhöre unser Flehen,
Die sehnend auf zu dir, zu dir Verheißnem sehen.
Herab [auf]1 uns komm, Tröster du,
In unser Herz leg' Himmelsruh'.

O komm zu stärken unsern Glaubensmuth,
Verlaß auf unserm Pfad uns nicht,
Du Bote aus [des Himmels Licht]2,
Und leite uns zu dem, was recht und gut!

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Note: This is the text from Schubert's manuscript. The first edition of Schubert's Hymnus an den heiligen Geist, published as op. posth. 154 by Anton Diabelli in 1849, conveys a rather different text.

1 Schubert (in the repetition): "zu"
2 Schubert (Alte Gesamtausgabe): "dem Himmelslicht"

Text Authorship:

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

Set in a modified version by Franz Peter Schubert.

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Himne a l’Esperit Sant", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "Hymn to the holy spirit", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2011-11-06
Line count: 8
Word count: 53

Himne a l’Esperit Sant
Language: Catalan (Català)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Vine Esperit Sant! Escolta les nostres súpliques,
que amb anhel a tu, propici, s’adrecen.
Esguarda cap baix, vers nosaltres, tu que reconfortes,
diposita la pau celestial als nostres cors.

Oh, vine per reforçar el coratge de la nostra fe,
no ens abandonis en el nostre camí,
tu missatger de la llum celestial,
condueix-nos a tot el que és just i bo.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2019 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2019-06-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 61