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sometimes misattributed to Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim (1719 - 1803) and by Ewald Christian von Kleist (1715 - 1759)

Gott in der Natur
 (Sung text for setting by F. Schubert)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE
Groß ist der Herr! Die Himmel ohne Zahl 
Sind Säle seiner Burg;
Sein Wagen Sturm und donnerndes Gewölk',
Und Blitze sein Gespann.

Die Morgenröth' ist nur ein Wiederschein
Von seines Kleides Saum;
Und gegen seinen Glanz ist Dämmerung 
Der Sonne flammend Licht.

Er sieht mit gnäd'gem Blick zur Erd' herab:
Sie grünet, blüht und lacht.
Er schilt: es fähret Feur vom Felsen auf,
Und Meer und Himmel bebt.

Lobt den gewaltigen, den großen Herrn,
Ihr Lichter seiner Burg!
Ihr Sonnenheere! flammt zu seinem Ruhm!
Ihr Erden, singt sein Lob!

 ... 

Note: This is the original version of the poem, recovered from Kleist's manuscript by Wilhelm Körte. Kleist's poems published earlier were edited by Karl Wilhelm Ramler and contain several changes from Ramler's hand; see below.

Composition:

    Set to music by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Gott in der Natur", op. posth. 133, D 757 (1822), published 1839, first performed 1827, stanzas 1-4 [ ssaa quartet with piano ], A. Diabelli & Co., VN 6264, Wien

Text Authorship:

  • sometimes misattributed to Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim (1719 - 1803)
  • by Ewald Christian von Kleist (1715 - 1759), "Hymne", written 1758, first published 1759

See other settings of this text.

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "God in de natuur", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Great is the Lord! The heavens without number", copyright ©
  • ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Dieu dans la nature", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Thierry Morice , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 68
Word count: 310

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