By the church | The people are going to church

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by Armin Rüeger (1886 - 1957)

Translation © by Peter Palmer

Bei der Kirche

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Es gehen zur Kirche die Leute,
sie beten im Chor,
von ferne tönt Herdengeläute,
wir stehn am Tor.

Erhört eine Gottheit ihr Flehn?
Ich glaub' es nicht,
sonst würd' ich bei jenen stehen
und beten für dich.

Text Authorship:

by Armin Rüeger (1886 - 1957) [author's text not yet checked 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 Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Bei der Kirche", op. 7 (Drei Lieder für tiefere Singstimme und Klavier) no. 1 (1905) [ low voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Peter Palmer) , "By the church", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Peter Palmer

This text was added to the website: 2009-08-06
Line count: 8
Word count: 37

By the church

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The people are going to church
and praying together,
while cow-bells are jingling far off,
we stand by the doorway.

Can a deity hear their prayers?
I do not believe this,
or else I would stand there with them
and pray for you.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Armin Rüeger (1886 - 1957)
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This text was added to the website: 2009-08-06
Line count: 8
Word count: 43