Assurance | You must look upwards

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by Joseph Christian Freiherr von Zedlitz (1796 - 1869)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Zuversicht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Nach oben mußt du blicken,
gedrücktes, wundes Herz,
dann wandelt in Entzücken
sich bald dein tiefster Schmerz.

Froh darfst du Hoffnung fassen,
wie hoch die Flut auch treibt.
Wie wärst du denn verlassen,
wenn dir die Liebe bleibt?

Text Authorship:

by Joseph Christian Freiherr von Zedlitz (1796 - 1869) [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 Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Zuversicht", op. posth. 141 no. 3 (1849), published 1858 [ double SATB chorus and piano ], from Vier doppelchörige Gesänge, no. 3, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Ferma esperança", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Vertrouwen", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Assurance", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Confiance", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2004-05-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 38

Assurance

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

You must look upwards,
Burdened, wounded heart,
Then your deepest sorrow
Will soon be transformed into rapture.

You may happily take hope,
No matter how high the floodwaters rise.
How could you be forsaken
If you still have love?

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Christian Freiherr von Zedlitz (1796 - 1869)
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This text was added to the website: 2010-03-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 39