Our suffering | Our suffering, which is temporary and light

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Michael P Rosewall

Unsere Trübsal

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Unsere Trübsal, die zeitlich und leicht ist,
schaffet eine Ewige
und, über alle Maß, wichtige Herrlichkeit,
die wir nicht sehen auf das Sichtbare,
sondern auf das Unsichtbare.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Johann Ludwig Bach (1677 - 1731), "Unsere Trübsal" [ 2 sopranos, alto, 2 tenors, bass ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Our suffering", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Notre douleur", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2021-06-09
Line count: 5
Word count: 27

Our suffering

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Our suffering, which is temporary and light,
Gains for us an eternal
And boundless glory that is beyond all measure, 
That which can’t be perceived by what is seen,
But by what is unseen.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2023-04-24
Line count: 5
Word count: 34