Joy | Joy shall never be silent

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by Hans Bötticher (1883 - 1934), as Joachim Ringelnatz

Translation © by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

Freude

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Freude soll nimmer schweigen.
Freude soll offen sich zeigen.
Freude soll lachen, glänzen und singen.
Freude danken ein Leben lang.
Freude soll dir die Seele durchschauern.
Freude soll weiterschwingen.
Freude soll dauern
Ein Leben lang.

Text Authorship:

by Hans Bötticher (1883 - 1934), as Joachim Ringelnatz [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Freude", 2008 [ high voice or medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Thomas F. Schubert (b. 1961), "Freude" [ voice and piano ], from Ringelnatz-Lieder - Frühe Gedichte aus dem Jahre 1910 von Joachim Ringelnatz, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "Joy", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-03-08
Line count: 8
Word count: 35

Joy

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Joy shall never be silent.
Joy shall frankly display itself.
Joy shall laugh, shine and sing.
Joy shall be thankful throughout a life.
Joy shall open to you the soul.
Joy shall linger long.
Joy shall abide
Through a lifetime.

Text Authorship:

by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Joy", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Hans Bötticher (1883 - 1934), as Joachim Ringelnatz
- Go to the text page.

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-03-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 40