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by Gottfried, Freiherr van Swieten (1733 - 1803)

Sie steigt herauf, die Sonne
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE ITA
Soli
 Sie steigt herauf, die Sonne, sie steigt, sie nah't,
 sie kommt, sie strahlt, sie scheint.

Chor
 Sie scheint in herrlicher Pracht,
 in flammender Majestät.

Lobgesang
 Heil, o Sonne! Heil! Des Lichts und Lebens Quelle, Heil!
 O du, des Weltalls Seel' und Aug,
 der Gottheit schönstes Bild,
 dich grüßen dankbar wir.

Soli
 Wer spricht sie aus, die Freuden alle,
 die deine Huld in uns erweckt!
 Wer zählet sie, die Segen alle,
 die deine Mild' auf uns ergießt!

Chor
 Die Freuden! O, wer spricht sie aus!
 Die Segen! O, wer zählet sie!

Hanne
 Dir danken wir, was uns ergötzt.

Lukas
 Dir danken wir, was uns ergötzt.

Simon
 Dir danken wir, was uns erhält.

Alle drei
 Dem Schöpfer aber danken wir, was deine Kraft vermag.

Chor
 Heil, o Sonne! Heil! Des Lichts und Lebens Quelle, Heil!
 Dir jauchzen alle Stimmen, dir jauchzet die Natur!

Solisten und Chor
 Dir jauchzet die Natur!

Text Authorship:

  • by Gottfried, Freiherr van Swieten (1733 - 1803) [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 (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "Sie steigt herauf, die Sonne", Hob. XXI:3 no. 7, first performed 1801 [soprano, tenor, bass, chorus, and orchestra], from Die Jahreszeiten, no. 7, (Der Sommer) [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Il se lève, le soleil", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title 1: "Il sole sorge", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-01-05
Line count: 32
Word count: 149

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