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by Johann Gabriel Seidl (1804 - 1875)
Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Das Zügenglöcklein
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Kling' die Nacht durch, klinge,
Süßen Frieden bringe
Dem, für den du tönst!
Kling' in [stille]1 Ferne,
So du Pilger gerne
Mit der Welt versöhnst!

Aber wer will wandern
Zu den lieben Andern,
Die vorausgewallt?
Zog er gern die Schelle?
Bebt er an der Schwelle,
Wann »Herein« erschallt? -

Gilt's dem bösen Sohne,
Der noch flucht dem Tone,
Weil er heilig ist?!
Nein es klingt so lauter,
Wie ein Gottvertrauter
Seine Laufbahn schließt!

Aber ist's ein Müder,
Den verwaist die Brüder, -
Dem ein treues Thier
Einzig ließ den Glauben
An die Welt nicht rauben: -
Ruf' ihn Gott zu dir!

Ist's der Frohen Einer,
Der die Freuden reiner
Lieb' und Freundschaft theilt,
Gönn' ihm noch die Wonnen
Unter dieser Sonnen,
Wo er gerne weilt!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   F. Schubert 

View original text (without footnotes)

Confirmed with Joh. Gabr. Seidl's Dichtungen. Zweiter Theil. Lieder der Nacht. [...] Von Johann Gabriel Seidl. Wien. Druck und Verlag von J. P. Sollinger. 1826, pages 26-27; with Lieder der Nacht. Von Johann Gabriel Seidl. Zweite, verbesserte und vermehrte Auflage. Wien, 1851. Druck und Verlag von J. P. Sollinger's Witwe, pages 31-32; and with Joh. Gabr. Seidl's gesammelte Schriften. Mit einer Einleitung von Julius von der Traun. Herausgegeben von Hans Max. Erster Band. [...] Wien, 1877. Wilhelm Braumüller k.k. Hof- und Universitätsbuchhändler, pages 33-34.

1 Schubert: "weite"

Note: A "Zügenglöcklein" is a bell rung in Austrian churches as a call to prayer when a parishioner is dying.


Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Gabriel Seidl (1804 - 1875), "Das Zügenglöcklein", appears in Lieder der Nacht [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), "Das Zügenglöcklein", op. 80 (Drei Lieder) no. 2, D 871 (1826), published 1827 [ voice and piano ], Tobias Haslinger, VN 5028, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La campaneta del viàtic", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Het stervensklokje", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The passing bell", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La cloche funèbre", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "La campanella del viatico", copyright © 2008, (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: 30
Word count: 122

La cloche funèbre
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Retentis dans la nuit, retentis,
Apporte une douce paix
À celui pour qui tu sonnes !
Retentis dans les endroits éloignés,
Afin que de bon gré les pèlerins
Avec le monde se réconcilient.

Mais qui voudrait voyager
Après les chers autres
Qui sont partis auparavant ?
A-t-il fait sonner la cloche de bon cœur ?
Car il tremblera sur le seuil
Quand résonnera "Entrez" ?

Sonne-t-elle vers le mauvais fils
Qui jure encore en l'entendant
Car elle est sacrée ?
Non, elle sonne plus fort,
Quand un homme pieux
Arrive à la fin de sa course.

Mais si c'est un homme las,
Qui a été abandonné par ses frères,
Dont un animal fidèle
Seul a empêché sa foi
En ce monde d'être volée,
Elle l'appelle, Dieu, à toi !

Si c'est un de ces heureux
Qui partage les joies pures
De l'amour et de l'amitié,
Accorde-lui encore le bonheur
Sous ce soleil,
Où il s'attarderait volontiers !

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2010 by Guy Laffaille, (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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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Gabriel Seidl (1804 - 1875), "Das Zügenglöcklein", appears in Lieder der Nacht
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-18
Line count: 30
Word count: 151

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