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by Johann Peter Uz (1720 - 1796)
Translation © by Lau Kanen

Gott im Ungewitter
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Du Schrecklicher, wer kann vor dir
Und deinem Donner stehn?
[Der Herr ist groß! Was]1 trotzen wir?
Er winkt, und wir vergehn.

Er lagert sich in schwarzer Nacht;
Die Völker zittern schon:
Geflügeltes Verderben wacht
Um seinen furchtbarn Thron.

Rothglühend schleudert seine Hand
Den Blitz aus finstrer Höh:
Und Donner stürzt sich auf das Land,
In [einer]2 Feuersee:

Daß selbst der Erde fester Grund
Vom Zorn des Donners bebt,
Und was um ihr [erschüttert]3 Rund
Und in der Tiefe lebt.

Den Herrn und seinen Arm erkennt
Die zitternde Natur,
Da weit umher der Himmel brennt
Und weit umher die Flur.

Wer schützt mich Sterblichen, mich Staub,
Wenn der im Himmel wohnt,
Und Welten pflückt, wie dürres Laub,
Nicht huldreich mich verschont?

Wir haben einen Gott voll Huld,
Auch [wann]4 er zornig scheint:
Er herrscht mit schonender Geduld,
Der große Menschenfreund.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   F. Schubert 

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Confirmed with Sämtliche Poetische Werke von J. P. Uz. Erster Band. Leipzig in der Dykischen Buchhandlung. 1768, pages 333-334; and with Poetische Werke von Johann Peter Uz. Zweyter Band. Nach seinen eigenhändigen Verbesserungen herausgegeben von Christian Felix Weisse. Wien. Bey J. V. Degen, Buchdrucker und Buchhändler. 1805, pages 265-266.

1 Schubert: "Groß ist der Herr, was"
2 Uz/Weisse (1805 edition): "einem"
3 Schubert: "erschütternd"
4 Schubert: "wenn"

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Peter Uz (1720 - 1796), "Gott im Ungewitter" [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Gott im Ungewitter", op. posth. 112 (Drei Lieder) no. 1, D 985, published 1829, first performed 1829 [ vocal quartet with piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Déu en la tempesta", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "God in het onweer", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "God in the storm", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Dieu dans la tempête", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 28
Word count: 144

God in het onweer
Language: Dutch (Nederlands)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Gij, Vrees'lijke, wie kan er vrij
voor u in 't onweer staan?
Groot is de Heer, wat mokken wij?
Hij wenkt en wij vergaan.
 
Hij zet zijn tent in zwarte nacht,
Angst heerst in elke woon;
Gevleugeld onheil staat op wacht
Rond zijn gevreesde troon.
 
Roodgloeiend smijt zijn macht'ge hand
Geflits uit 't donk're zwerk;
En donder stort zich in een brand
Van vuur op land en kerk.
 
Zodat zelfs aarde's vaste grond
Door 't donderwoeden beeft,
En alwat er geschokt in 't rond
En in de diepte leeft.
 
De Heer en zijn gezag erkent
De sidd'rende natuur,
Waar hemelhoog het licht rondrent
En ver in 't land het vuur.
 
Wie hoedt mij sterveling, mij stof,
Als Die daarboven leeft
En sterren plukt als dorrend lof,
Niet minzaam mij vergeeft?
 
Wij hebben, ja, een milde God,
Al lijkt hij nietsontziend;
Hij heerst met zorgen om ons lot,
De grote mensenvriend.

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2009 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.

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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Peter Uz (1720 - 1796), "Gott im Ungewitter"
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This text was added to the website: 2009-12-05
Line count: 28
Word count: 150

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