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by Karl Klingemann (1798 - 1862)

Sonntagslied
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG
Ringsum erschallt in Wald und Flur
Viel fernes Glockenklingen,
Die Winde wehen heimlich nur,
Und leis' die Vöglein singen.
Und Orgelklang und Chorgesang
Erbaulich zieht das Tal entlang.

Wie bin ich so allein im Haus,
In weiten, stillen Räumen!
Zum Feste zogen alle aus,
Hier kann ich heimlich träumen.
Dort jauchzen sie in Lust und Scherz,
Und mir wird weich und weh um's Herz.

Horch! horch, was ertönt Schalmeienklang,
Was zieht so froh in's Weite?
Zur Kirche wallt mit hellem Sang 
Ein selig Brautgeleite.
Und ich, ich bin so gar allein!
Ach, Einer dürfte bei mir sein!

Text Authorship:

  • by Karl Klingemann (1798 - 1862) [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 Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Sonntagslied", op. 34 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 5 (1834) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cançó de diumenge", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Zondagslied", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Sunday song", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 97

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