Songs

Geistliches Lied

by Johannes Brahms

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Text & Translation

Geistliches Lied
German source: Paul Fleming

Laß dich nur nichts nicht dauern
Mit Trauern,
Sei stille!
Wie Gott es fügt,
So sei vergnügt
Mein Wille.

Was willst du heute sorgen
Auf morgen?
Der Eine
steht allem für;
Der gibt auch dir
das Deine.

Sei nur in allem Handel
Ohn Wandel,
Steh feste!
Was Gott beschleußt,
Das ist und heißt
das Beste.

Amen.

Let nought afflict thee with grief;
English translation © Anon.

Let nought afflict thee with grief;
Be calm, as God ordains,
And so may my will be contented.

Why take thought for the morrow?
The one God who gives thee
What is thine watches over all.

All in thy doings be steadfast
And true. What God decrees
Is best, and this it is acknowledged.

Geistliches Lied
German source: Paul Fleming

Let nought afflict thee with grief;
English source: Anon.

Laß dich nur nichts nicht dauern
Let nought afflict thee with grief;
Mit Trauern,
Be calm, as God ordains,
Sei stille!
And so may my will be contented.
Wie Gott es fügt,
So sei vergnügt
Mein Wille.

Was willst du heute sorgen
Why take thought for the morrow?
Auf morgen?
The one God who gives thee
Der Eine
What is thine watches over all.
steht allem für;
Der gibt auch dir
das Deine.

Sei nur in allem Handel
All in thy doings be steadfast
Ohn Wandel,
And true. What God decrees
Steh feste!
Is best, and this it is acknowledged.
Was Gott beschleußt,
Das ist und heißt
das Beste.

Amen.

Composer

Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms (7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna.  Brahms has been considered, by his…

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