Werde heiter, mein Gemüthe
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE
Werde heiter, mein Gemüthe,
Und vergiß der Angst und Pein!
Groß ist Gottes Gnad' und Güte,
Groß muß auch dein Hoffen sein.
Kommt der helle, goldne Morgen
Nicht hervor aus dunkler Nacht?
Lag nicht einst im Schnee verborgen
[Dieses]1 Frühlings Blüthenpracht?
Durch die Finsterniß der Klagen
Bricht der Freude Morgenstern;
Bald wird auch dein Morgen tagen,
Gottes Güt' ist nimmer fern.
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Confirmed with Gedichte von Hoffman von Fallersleben, Leipzig, Weidmann'sche Buchhandlung, 1843, page 408.
Note: modern German would change the following spellings: "Gemüthe" -> "Gemüte", "Blüthenpracht" -> "Blütenpracht"
1 Mendelssohn: "Tief des"; in
Hoffmann's von Fallersleben Gesammelte Werke; Erster Band : Lyrische Gedichte: Dichterleben, Liebesleben, Berlin, F. Fontane, 1890, p. 99, this is "Tiefes".
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Frühlingslied", op. 13 (Zwölf Jugendlieder, 3 und 4 stimmig, für Sopran und Alt) no. 6 (1848) [ sopranos and altos ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Erk (1807 - 1883), "Morgenlied", published 1873 [ voice and piano ], from Alte und neue Kinderlieder von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Tröstung", op. 71 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1 (1843) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Barbara Miller) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 12
Word count: 62
Be cheerful, my nature
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Be cheerful, my nature,
And forget anguish and pain!
Great is God's grace and goodness,
Great must also be your hope.
Does the bright, golden morning
Not come forth from the dark night?
Did not in snow lie once hidden
[This]1 flowering of spring?
Through the darkness of lamentation
Breaks the morning star of joy;
Soon your morning will also dawn,
God's goodness is never far away!
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Translation of titles
"Morgenlied" = "Morning song"
"Tröstung" = "Consolation"
1 Mendelssohn: "Deep the"
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Line count: 12
Word count: 68