The bride | How the bride gazes so sweetly and so charmingly

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by Ludwig Bowitsch (1818 - 1881)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Die Braut

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Wie blickt die Braut so süß und hold,
Verklärt von hehrem Glanz:
Wie prangt in ihrem Lockenhaar
So schön der grüne Kranz!

Der Erde nicht gehört sie an
In diesem Augenblick,
Und was durch ihre Seele zieht 
Ist reines Himmelsglück.

Confirmed with Ludwig Bowitsch Liederbuch, Wien: Druck und Verlag von A. Pichler's Witwe & Sohn, 1866, page 147.

Text Authorship:

by Ludwig Bowitsch (1818 - 1881), "Die Braut", appears in Liederbuch [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by Carl Ferdinand Pohl (1819 - 1887), "Die Braut" [ voice and piano ], unpublished, confirmed with the manuscript in Huldigung der Tonsetzer Wiens an Ihre Majestät die allerdurchlauchtigste Frau Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie, Kaiserin von Österreich, Königin von Ungarn und Böhmen etc. Überreicht von der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde des österreichischen Kaiserstaates 1854 held in the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The bride", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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The bride

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

How the bride gazes so sweetly and so charmingly,
Glorified by lofty radiance:
How resplendent, how lovely
Is the green wreath in her curly hair.

She does not belong to the earth
In this moment,
And that which suffuses her soul
Is pure heavenly joy.

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This text was added to the website: 2025-03-15
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Word count: 45