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by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Am frühen Sonntagmorgen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Am frühen [Sonntagmorgen]¹,
Da geh' ich gern hinaus,
Und alle engen Sorgen
Lass' ich im engen Haus.
 
Der Wind in Klüften kauert,
Traut sich nicht in die Welt.
Ein Wehen Gottes schauert
Nur sanft durch's Ährenfeld.
 
Und so durch's Herz von Leiden
Und Freuden schwellend, geht
In lieblichem Bescheiden
Ein flüsterndes Gebet.

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Confirmed with C. Reinhold, Gedichte, Stuttgart: Carl Mäcken, 1853, page 34.

First published in the periodical Morgenblatt, January 13, 1836 (No. 11).

¹ Bischoff "Sonntagsmorgen", more changes may exist, not noted above

Text Authorship:

by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856), "Sonntag früh", written <<1836, appears in Gedichte, in Lieder und vermischte Gedichte, first published 1836 [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 Kaspar Jakob Bischoff (1823 - 1893), as Caspar Jacob Bischoff, "Sonntags früh", op. 72, Heft 2 no. 5, published 1892 [ satb quartet ], Berlin: Hoffheinz [sung text not yet checked]
by Gustav Jenner (1865 - 1920), "Sonntag früh", op. 1 (Vier Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, N. Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Early on a Sunday morning", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2011-05-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 54

Early on a Sunday morning

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Early on a Sunday morning
I enjoy going outside,
And all the constricting worries
I leave [behind] in the constricting house.

The wind cowers in the chasms,
Not daring to come out into the world.
Only a wafting from God shudders
Softly through the wheat field.

And thus through my heart swelling 
With sorrows and joys, passes
In sweet diffidence
A whispered prayer.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856), "Sonntag früh", written <<1836, appears in Gedichte, in Lieder und vermischte Gedichte, first published 1836
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This text was added to the website: 2011-05-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 63